Tag: radiometric dating

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
October 11, 2024

Categories
Genetics
Paleontology
Tagged
, assemblages, Avalon explosion, biodiversity, biologists, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Charnia, Charnwood Forest, Ediacaran biota, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, genetic information, intelligent design, interpretation, magical thinking, paleontologists, Precambrian, radiations, radiometric dating, Science Advances, sedimentary rock, University of Edinburgh}

Fossil Friday: The Avalon Explosion and the Power of Maybe

_{Günter Bechly
October 11, 2024

Genetics, Paleontology

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While evolutionary biology has no explanation even according to the authors themselves, intelligent design theory does. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Paleontology
Tagged
, Archaeopteryx, Australopithecus, biologic institute, computer simulation, coordinated mutations, Daniel Stern Cardinale, Discovery Institute, evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Fossil Friday (series), generations, gradualism, Indohyus, John Sanford, limits of evolution, macroevolution, Michael Behe, Michael Shermer, Neo-Darwinism, neutral evolution, objections, Ola Hössjer, paleontology, population genetics, radiometric dating, recombination, Richard Dawkins, saltationism, species pair challenge, species pairs, The Edge of Evolution, tiktaalik, waiting-time problem}

Fossil Friday: Three Modern Scientific Challenges to the Causal Adequacy of Darwinian Explanations

_{Günter Bechly
May 17, 2024

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Paleontology

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As a consequence of the collapsing tree problem, I suggest abandoning evolutionary classifications and return to a pre-Darwinian Linnaean classification. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 16, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, algae, Avalon explosion, Cambrian phyla, Darwinian evolution, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran fossils, evidence for evolution, fact check, falsified theories, Fossil Friday (series), India, junk science, microbial mats, Precambrian, radiometric dating, Spriggina, Tribrachidium, Yale University}

Fossil Friday: The Vindhyan Controversy and Debunking Alleged Ediacaran and Cambrian Fossils

_{Günter Bechly
February 16, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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The fancy speculations about the evolution of multicellular life and early animals turned out to be just smoke and mirrors. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 7, 2023

Categories
Geology
Paleontology
Tagged
, circular reasoning, creationism, creationists, dating, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran Period, evolution, falsified theories, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Gregory Retallack, hype, India, interpretation, paleomagnetography, paleontology, peer-reviewed literature, Precambrian, radiometric dating, rocks, South Australia, stratigraphy, University of Florida, University of Oregon, zircon}

Fossil Friday: Alleged Precambrian Fossil Unmasked as Rotten Beehive

_{Günter Bechly
July 7, 2023

Geology, Paleontology

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The scientists revisited the site and discovered that the assumed Ediacaran fossils are neither of Ediacaran age nor represent fossils at all. Read More ›