Nakridletia Type post Author Günter Bechly Date December 20, 2024 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionPaleontology Tagged , China, Darwinian theory, evolution, fleas, forewings, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, holometabolan insects, insects, intelligent design, Middle Jurassic, mouthparts, parasites, pincers, pterosaurs, wings Fossil Friday: Nakridletia — The Rise and Fall (and Possible Resurrection) of a Fossil Insect Order Günter Bechly December 20, 2024 Biology, Evolution, Paleontology 5 So, were strashilids a distinct order of parasitic insects or just aquatic flies? Read More ›
Makarkinia Type post Author Günter Bechly Date August 12, 2022 CategoriesPaleontologyScience Tagged , beetles, Brazil, butterflies, convergence, Crato Formation, Darwinism, design pattern, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, insects, intelligent design, Kalligrammatidae, lacewing, Lower Cretaceous, Lower Jurassic, mouthparts, natural selection, paleontology, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Jay Gould, University of Tübingen Fossil Friday: A Fossil Butterfly Lookalike Günter Bechly August 12, 2022 Paleontology, Science 6 An intelligent design paradigm can easily accommodate convergences as a natural consequence of a designer reusing the same ideas in different constructions. Read More ›
Kimberella quadrata Type post Author Günter Bechly Date September 17, 2020 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cows, Dickinsonia, Germany, Kimberella, Kimberella series, Kimberichnus teruzzii, microbial mats, Middle Triassic, Mikhail Fedonkin, mollusks, mouthparts, Odontogriphus, protozoans, radula, scratch marks, trace fossils, Wiwaxia Kimberella — The Oldest Radula (Not) Günter Bechly September 17, 2020 Evolution 4 There is a strange fact that shows that any interpretation of these trace fossils has to be taken with a grain of salt. Read More ›
