Tag: Gregory Retallack

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 7, 2023

Categories
Geology
Paleontology
Tagged
, circular reasoning, creationism, creationists, dating, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran Period, evolution, falsified theories, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Gregory Retallack, hype, India, interpretation, paleontology, peer-reviewed literature, Precambrian, radiometric dating, rocks, South Australia, stratigraphy, University of Oregon, zircon}

Fossil Friday: Alleged Precambrian Fossil Unmasked as Rotten Beehive

_{Günter Bechly
July 7, 2023

Geology, Paleontology

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The scientists revisited the site and discovered that the assumed Ediacaran fossils are neither of Ediacaran age nor represent fossils at all. Read More ›

Ventral death-mask of Kimberella quadrata

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 1, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, bilaterians, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Carl Zimmer, China, Cloudina, cnidarians, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, Dickinsonia, embryos, Eumetazoa, evolution, fossils, Gregory Retallack, homology, Ikaria, intelligent design, Internet, Kimberella, Metazoa, microfossils, Namacalathus, New York Times, Professor Dave, sponges, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, straw man, Tribrachidium, Vernanimalcula, YouTubers}

“Lying on the Internet”? Debunking Dave Farina on Stephen Meyer

_{Günter Bechly
December 1, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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A lot of nonsense gets published in peer-reviewed journals and it needs expertise to separate the wheat from the chaff. Farina lacks any expertise to do this. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, bilateral symmetry, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Canada, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran organisms, Ediacaran Period, Evolution News, Fossil Friday (series), Gregory Retallack, paleontologists, trace fossils}

Fossil Friday: Dickinsonia, the Ediacaran Animal that Wasn’t

_{Günter Bechly
July 29, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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Gregory Retallack is a kind of maverick paleontologist, who endorses a fringe hypothesis that Ediacaran organisms were not marine but terrestrial lichens. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 1, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, arthropods, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, David Gelernter, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran organisms, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionists, fungus, glide symmetry, Gregory Retallack, Ilya Bobrovskiy, Mongolia, Namibia, Neo-Darwinism, Peaceful Science, Science (journal), Stephen Meyer, University of Zurich, Vendobionta, Yale University}

Happy New Year! #1 Story of 2021: Cambrian Explosion Goes Nuclear

_{Günter Bechly
January 1, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Here are two very interesting updates to my recent articles on alleged Ediacaran animals and the Cambrian Explosion. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
April 8, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, arthropods, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, China, Darwin's Doubt, David Gelernter, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran animals, Ediacaran organisms, Evolution News, evolutionists, fungus, glide symmetry, Gregory Retallack, Ilya Bobrovskiy, Mongolia, Namibia, Neo-Darwinism, Peaceful Science, Science (journal), Stephen Meyer, University of Zurich, Vendobionta, Yale University}

The Cambrian Explosion Has Just Gone Nuclear

_{Günter Bechly
April 8, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Here are two very interesting updates to my recent articles on alleged Ediacaran animals and the Cambrian Explosion. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 29, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, circular reasoning, Darwin's House of Cards, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran fossils, Ediacaran organisms, evolutionary biology, Facebook, Gregory Retallack, Ikaria, Mary Droser, muscles, nervous system, paleontology, Precambrian House of Cards Series, Tom Bethell, Tree of Life, Tribrachidium, University of Oregon}

Evans et al. (2021): All Four Examples Debunked

_{Günter Bechly
March 29, 2021

Evolution, Paleontology

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Evans et al. (2021) seem to have been well aware of the circular reasoning in their argument. Read More ›