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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, Doushantuo fossils, embryos, Eumetazoa, evolution, fossils, Gregory Retallack, homology, Ikaria, intelligent design, Internet, Kimberella, Metazoa, microfossils, Namacalathus, New York Times, Precambrian animals, Professor Dave, Spiralicellula, sponges, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, straw man, Tribrachidium, Vernanimalcula, White Sea assemblage, Yilingia, 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
November 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, birds, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Casey Luskin, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, Douglas Erwin, Ediacaran fauna, Ediacaran Period, evolution, Fortunian, fossil record, great Ordovician biodiversification event, homology, insects, Nick Matzke, phylum, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, synapomorphy, The Blind Watchmaker, wings, YouTubers}

Untangling “Professor Dave’s” Confusion about the Cambrian Explosion

_{Günter Bechly
November 29, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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We have seen the absurdly low quality of this individual’s video. But there is much more. I have added timecodes in square brackets for easier reference. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 16, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, chordates, Darwinism, Devonian Period, echinoderms, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, genitals, Germany, Henry Gee, homology, Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), paleontology, Paleozoic, tunicates, vertebrates}

Fossil Friday: Rhenocystis and the Controversial Calcichordate Hypothesis

_{Günter Bechly
September 16, 2022

Anatomy, Paleontology, Science

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It looks a bit like a tadpole with body and tail, and this indeed points towards one of the great scientific controversies of the 20th century. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 5, 2022

Categories
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, cuticle, Dominican Republic, entomologists, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), homology, intelligent design, Maria Sybilla Merian, mimicry, Miocene, South America, Suriname, Switzerland}

Fossil Friday: Treehopper Nymph in Dominican Amber and the Miracle of Mimicry

_{Günter Bechly
August 5, 2022

Paleontology, Science

6}

The miracle of mimicry, for which there are countless examples in the animal kingdom, represents powerful evidence for design in nature. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archaea, autism, bioRxiv, cancer, chloroplasts, diseases, DNA, eukaryotes, evolution, genome, homology, intelligent design, Long Story Short, loop extrusion, metabolism, mitochondria, molecular machines, National Cancer Institute, RNA, seizures, topoisomerase II, topoisomerases, topology}

Topoisomerase Origins Defy Darwinian Explanations

_{David Coppedge
June 8, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A review of the topoisomerase family of molecular machines that repair DNA ignores where they came from. Another article tries but has no answers. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 30, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Basics of Intelligent Design Biology, evidence, evolution, fossil record, genes, homology, intelligent design, Khan Academy, Lukas Ruegger, morphology, paleontology, phylogenetics, Richard Dawkins, Tree of Life}

Lukas Ruegger: Homology and Phylogenetics Topple Darwin’s Tree

_{David Klinghoffer
March 30, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

Evolutionists have all the evidence they need in genes and morphology to draw the one true tree of life. Or do they? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 18, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, circular reasoning, Darwinian gradualism, evolution, fossil record, homology, mutations, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Richard Dawkins, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series)}

Darwin’s One Wrong Argument

_{Jonathan Wells
February 18, 2022

Evolution, Life Sciences

2}

Fom the standpoint of empirical science, continued claims that the evidence for evolution is “incontrovertible” might be better termed one long bluff. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, cats, chimpanzees, common design, DNA, DNA polymerases, embryos, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary transitions, fossil record, genes, genomes, homology, horses, humans, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Khan Academy, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, phylogenetic trees, proteins, Richard Dawkins, students, teachers, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Tree of Life, Zombie Science (book)}

Khan Academy Misleads with Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity Argument for Common Ancestry

_{Casey Luskin
February 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

11}

The video compares humans and chimps, saying the latter’s behaviors and facial expressions are “eerily human.” I could say the same thing about my cat. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Africa, Americas, cactus, camera eye, carnivorous plants, Charles Darwin, common ancestry, convergent evolution, echidna, evolution, homology, human beings, octopuses, On the Origin of Species, porcupine, Simon Conway Morris, spines, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series), UC Berkeley}

What Are the Top Scientific Problems with Evolution?

_{Jonathan Wells
February 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Technology

4}

No sane person believes that nothing changes over time, or that the cosmos, technology, and culture have no history. Read More ›