Tag: Ikaria

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 16, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animal phyla, bilaterians, Cambrian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Chengjiang biota, China, Disney, Ediacaran creatures, Ediacaran fauna, Ediacaran Period, evolutionists, fossil record, fungi, Günter Bechly, Ikaria, Kimberella, lichens, Luskin’s First Law, paleobiologists, phyla, retroactive confession of ignorance, Science (journal), Scientific American, seafloor, Stephen Meyer, The Conversation, Uncus, Yilingia, Yunnan Province}

Retroactive Confessions Permeate Around Science Paper on Ediacaran “Bilaterians”

_{Casey Luskin
April 16, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology

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What you just read is an amusing example of what some of my friends affectionally call “Luskin’s First Law.” It goes like this. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
October 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, exercise, function, Greece, health, human flourishing, humans, Ikaria, lifespan, longevity, natural selection, naturalism, zoo}

Longevity as Evidence of Original Design

_{Eric Hedin
October 15, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

A general principle for any designed system is that it functions optimally when it is used or able to perform in the way it was originally designed. 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
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 ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 23, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, animals, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran organisms, Ikaria, Kimberella, Metazoa, phyla, Precambrian House of Cards Series}

Ediacarans Are Not Animals

_{Günter Bechly
March 23, 2021

Evolution

2}

Even Evans et al. (2021) themselves admitt that "phylogenetic affinities for most of the Ediacara Biota remain enigmatic." Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 22, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, animals, begging the question, Dickinsonia, DNA, Ediacaran animals, Evolution News, genomes, humans, Ikaria, Kimberella, logical fallacy, Mary Droser, Precambrian House of Cards Series, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Russia, South Australia, Tribrachidium}

A Precambrian House of Cards

_{Günter Bechly
March 22, 2021

Evolution

3}

Wow, that's cool, they not only found the elusive Ediacaran animals but even could unravel their genomes!? Read More ›