Tag: Pakicetus

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 29, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, academia, adults, amber, antennae, astrology, Basilosaurus, beetles, Collembola, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), Indohyus, K/Pg impact event, larvae, living fossils, Myanmar, Neo-Darwinism, Pakicetus, psychoanalysis, unguided evolution, Wired}

Fossil Friday: Evolutionary Stasis in Beetles

_{Günter Bechly
November 29, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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Natural selection is the great magician in evolutionary fantasy land, where it explains rapid change in explosive radiations as well as no change at all. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 14, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cartorhynchus, cetaceans, Current Biology, Darwinian gradualism, dolphins, Early Eocene, fossil record, Günter Bechly, ichthyosaur, land mammals, Mesozoic, Neo-Darwinism, Nevada, New Scientist, Pakicetus, Permian-Triassic extinction, Science (journal), whales}

New Scientist: Ichthyosaurs Evolved “Astonishingly Rapidly”

_{Casey Luskin
February 14, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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This is a case of evolutionary biology trying to explain away the data that otherwise was not directly expected under their model. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 30, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Darwinian mechanism, Dave Farina, Discovery Institute, evo-devo, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Living Waters, macroevolution, Martin Nowak, mathematical model, mutations, Ola Hössjer, Pakicetus, paleontology, peer-reviewed literature, population size, Professor Dave, recombination, waiting-time problem, walking whales}

Fossil Friday: Walking Whales and Why All Critiques of the Waiting Time Problem Fail

_{Günter Bechly
September 30, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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These fossils are often celebrated as missing links and a success story for Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 3, 2022

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Arthur Hunt, Basilosaurus, bilaterian animals, central nervous system, cichlid fish, compound eyes, Darwinists, dog breeds, Dunning-Kruger effect, Ediacaran organisms, evolution, Evolution News, exoskeleton, fact check, fossil record, Hawaiian Silverswords, honeycreepers, Joe Felsenstein, John Harshman, Lake Malawi, molecular clock, no true Scotsman, otters, Pakicetus, Panda's Thumb, Peaceful Science, phenotypic plasticity, Puck Mendelssohn, Rusophycus, species pair challenge, trace fossils, University of Kentucky, Young Earth Creationists}

Fact Check: Hawaiian Silverswords Fail the Species Pair Challenge

_{Günter Bechly
May 3, 2022

Biology, Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Even though the differences appear superficially striking, they do not involve any novel body plans (i.e., no new proteins, new tissues, or new organs). Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 15, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, cow, Darwinian theory, David Berlinski, evolution, foresight, fossil record, intelligent design, mammals, material processes, Pakicetus, poster child, Richard Sternberg, Volkswagen, whale evolution, whales, wolf}

To Shave a Cow: Sternberg on Whale Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
December 15, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

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That evolution, over a span of 11 million years or so, was once hailed as a “poster child” for the confirmation of Darwinian theory. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 23, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, animation, bats, Center for Science and Culture, convergent evolution, Darwinists, David Berlinski, dolphins, echolocation, fossil record, fruit flies, ghost lineages, homology, humor, James Shapiro, Jonathan Wells, macroevolution, microevolution, Pakicetus, random mutations, Richard Sternberg, Robert Crowther, testes, Theodosius Dobzhansky, waiting-time problem, whales}

Whale of a Webinar Debuts a Delightful “Long Story Short” Video

_{David Klinghoffer
April 23, 2020

Evolution

4}

Whales are held up as a model of what unguided evolution can do in a short time: in this case, just 8 million years, or perhaps even half that. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 7, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, bears, Charles Darwin, Jonathan Wells, On the Origin of Species, Pakicetus, whale evolution, Zombie Science (book)}

Killer Whales — Zombie Science Author Explains a Fatal Challenge to Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
June 7, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

There are a few problems with conventional accounts of whale evolution. Together they're a killer. Read More ›