FossilsatHezhengPaleozoologicalMuseum20 Type post Author Andrew McDiarmid Date February 28, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionZoology Tagged , abrupt appearance, ancestors, bedtime story, blood circulation, cells, Darwinian theory, evolution, fossil record, giraffe evolution, giraffe’s neck, giraffes, heart, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, missing link, okapi, Samotherium major, taxon, transitional fossils, variations, vertebrae, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig Is This a Transitional “Missing Link” for Giraffes? Nope Andrew McDiarmid February 28, 2026 Evolution, Zoology 2 The giraffe’s fossil record reflects a pattern of abrupt appearance rather than the infinitesimally small variations. Read More ›
Samotherium Type post Author Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig Date December 9, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionZoology Tagged , computer scientists, evolution, giraffe’s neck, giraffes, Giraffidae, Jonathan Witt, mathematicians, mathematics, missing links, mosaic, okapi, Science and Culture Today A Link Between the Okapi and the Giraffe? It Seems Not Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig December 9, 2025 Evolution, Zoology 2 The question of how the giraffe’s extremely long neck originated remains entirely unresolved within an evolutionary framework. Read More ›
giraffe Type post Author Jonathan Witt Date March 13, 2023 CategoriesEngineeringEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , blood pressure, Dean Kenyon, esophagus, evolution, fossil record, geneticists, Giraffe, giraffe’s neck, grass, heart, intelligent design, jackpot, leaves, Live Science, lottery, mutations, Nature (journal), okapi, President, Richard Dawkins, ruminants, South Africa, The Evolution of the Long-Necked Giraffe, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig Evolution’s Tall Tale — The Giraffe Neck Jonathan Witt March 13, 2023 Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design 10 The engineering marvel that is the giraffe, long neck and all, was intelligently designed. Read More ›
Jerry Coyne Type post Author Michael Behe Date March 12, 2019 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, bacterial flagellum, Bible, birds, blood-clotting cascade, creationists, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, Darwinian theory, dinosaurs, Discovery Institute, evolution, feathers, First Amendment, Giraffe, hemoglobin, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jerry Coyne, Joe Thornton, New York Times, okapi, planthopper, Richard Dawkins, Rube Goldberg, The Edge of Evolution, University of Chicago, Washington Post Bullet Points for Jerry Coyne Michael Behe March 12, 2019 Evolution, Intelligent Design 8 Alas, Coyne’s review of Darwin Devolves has too little intellectual content to sustain any real engagement. Read More ›