Tag: penguins

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Alan Feduccia, antitrochanter, birds, dinosaur-bird hypothesis, dinosaurs, evidence for evolution, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, Hesperornis gracilis, iliac, ischium, Jurassic Park, Karlsruhe, Late Cretaceous, marine birds, microraptorids, paleontology, paleornithologists, penguins, phylogenetics, Temporal Paradox, theropod dinosaurs, troodontids, University of North Carolina, vertebrates}

No. 5 Story of 2024: New Evidence Against Dino-Bird Ancestry

_{Günter Bechly
December 28, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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Few hypotheses in evolutionary biology have become as popular among lay people as the postulated ancestry of birds from bipedal dinosaurs. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 5, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Alan Feduccia, antitrochanter, birds, dinosaur-bird hypothesis, dinosaurs, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, Hesperornis gracilis, iliac, ischium, Jurassic Park, Karlsruhe, Late Cretaceous, marine birds, microraptorids, paleontology, paleornithologists, penguins, phylogenetics, Temporal Paradox, theropod dinosaurs, troodontids, University of North Carolina, vertebrates}

Fossil Friday: New Evidence Against Dinosaur Ancestry of Birds

_{Günter Bechly
January 5, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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Few hypotheses in evolutionary biology have become as popular among lay people as the postulated ancestry of birds from bipedal dinosaurs. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
May 16, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptability, Alaska, Arizona, biologists, biosphere, birds, cars, cetaceans, Charles Darwin, designer, echolocation, elephants, evolution, fossil record, iguanas, intelligent design, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, kerosene, mammals, middle ear, natural selection, naturalists, penguins, physiology, polar bears, whales}

Natural Selection Subtracts, It Doesn’t Add — And That Matters

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
May 16, 2023

Biochemistry, Biology, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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In the wild, all organisms must live within their niche. There are no wild polar bears in Arizona, and no iguanas in Alaska. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 27, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal behavior, babies, birds, brain size, cognitive capacity, Cornell University, eggs, facial recognition, intelligence, lemurs, lizards, neurons, penguins, reptiles, The Scientist}

Are Birds Really Smarter than Reptiles?

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 27, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

Scientists clash over how to measure animal intelligence: brain volume, brain organization, numbers of neurons…? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 13, 2019

Categories
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, chromosomes, eggs, female, gender, genitalia, homosexuality, internal organs, male, NBC News, parenting, penguins}

Is Gender in Penguins a Human Construct?

_{Jonathan Wells
September 13, 2019

Life Sciences

2}

Penguins have no external genitalia. Even as adults, the males and females can be difficult to tell apart. Read More ›

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Date
November 2, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, ATP, Cataglyphis fortis, Current Biology, Darwin's tree, dependency graph, desert ant, fruit flies, GPS, ID the Future, intelligent design, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, limpets, Max Planck Institute, memory, muscle, Nature (journal), New Zealand, penguins, PLOS ONE, PNAS, University of Otago, wildebeest, Winston Ewert}

Ants, Wildebeest, Penguins, and More: A Zoo of Animal Designs

_{Science and Culture
November 2, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Don’t kick sand in the face of a wildebeest by joking that it looks like it was made by a committee. It might flex its muscles and charge. Read More ›