gingko Type post Author David Coppedge Date October 5, 2023 CategoriesBotanyEvolutionLife Sciences Tagged , abominable mystery, algae, angiosperms, Cambrian Explosion, conifers, Darwinian gradualism, ferns, flowering plants, gymnosperms, lycophytes, miracles, morphospace, mosses, Nature Plants, Philip C. J. Donoghue, pine tree, punctuated equilibria, The Conversation, trilobites, University of Bristol, vascular plants Plant Evolution: All Gaps and Miracles David Coppedge October 5, 2023 Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences 9 A major study looks for evolution, but finds huge disparities, stasis, gaps, periodic explosions, and miracles of emergence held together with imagination. Read More ›
Angiosperm Type post Author Günter Bechly Date October 21, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionLife SciencesPaleontology Tagged , angiosperms, Aphrodite, Brazil, Charles Darwin, Crato limestone, Cretaceous, Dilcherifructus mexicana, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, gymnosperms, ID the Future, Jurassic, Lower Cretaceous, Mario Coiro, Middle Jurassic, paleobotany, Richard Buggs, Twitter Fossil Friday: Flowering Plants — Darwin’s Abominable Mystery Günter Bechly October 21, 2022 Evolution, Life Sciences, Paleontology 5 Flowering plants or angiosperms appear abruptly in the fossil record of the Lower Cretaceous (about 130 million years ago). Read More ›
black tailed prairie dog Type post Author Stephen J. Iacoboni Date September 16, 2022 CategoriesBiologyChemistryIntelligent DesignPhysicsScience Tagged , bees, biosphere, birds, goal, gymnosperms, honey, intelligent design, natural phenomena, nests, organisms, pollen, predation, prey, purpose, ruminants, salmon, science of purpose, snakes, wolves Defining the “Science of Purpose” Stephen J. Iacoboni September 16, 2022 Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Physics, Science 3 The "science of purpose" is new to the analytic framework, and is thus obliged to make the case for its claim to validity. Read More ›
water lily Type post Author Günter Bechly Date June 15, 2021 CategoriesLife SciencesPaleontology Tagged , abominable mystery, angiosperms, Charles Darwin, China, Early Cretaceous, failed predictions, flowering plants, fossil record, gradualism, gymnosperms, Lower Cretaceous, Middle Triassic, Nature (journal), Norway, paleobotanists, Switzerland Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery”: Mesozoic Cupules Come to the Rescue? Günter Bechly June 15, 2021 Life Sciences, Paleontology 10 Darwin's "abominable mystery" is not only very much alive and kicking, but it also suggests intelligent design. Read More ›
Sagenopteris_phillipsi_Natural_History_Museum_v18596_Retallack_1980 Type post Author Günter Bechly Date June 11, 2021 CategoriesEvolutionLife Sciences Tagged , American Journal of Botany, angiosperms, Aphrodite, BBC, British Museum, China, Cretaceous Period, flowering plants, fossil record, gymnosperms, Jurassic, On the Origin of Species, paleobotanists, Patrick Herendeen, Richard Buggs, The Times (London) Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery”: Still Alive and Kicking Günter Bechly June 11, 2021 Evolution, Life Sciences 9 Darwinists had hoped that 150 years of paleontological research since Darwin would surely make this nagging problem go away. Read More ›