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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 18, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, brains, bryozoans, corals, crystals, Design Inference, diatoms, erosion, intelligent design, Live Science, minds, natural law, Quartz, sea urchins, shells, sponges, TED talk, William Blake, wind}

Applying the Design Filter to Biological Sands

_{David Coppedge
April 18, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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If you look closely at beach sand, you may find some grains that stand out. They are shaped like spirals, stars, or striated cones. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 31, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Anomalocaris, bioRxiv, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, carbon, Casey Luskin, cilia, comb jellies, ctenophores, Current Biology, evolution, irreducibly complex systems, Michael Marshall, New Scientist, oxygen, predators, Science Advances, sponges, Stephen Meyer}

Cambrian Explosion: More Woes and Dodges

_{David Coppedge
March 31, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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Evolutionists are still failing to explain the Cambrian explosion. They struggle to explain new complexities or else try to change the subject. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 26, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, cnidarian, echinoderms, Ediacaran Period, fungus, jellyfish, marine invertebrates, Mark McMenamin, Metazoa, Mikhail Fedonkin, Precambrian House of Cards Series, sponges, Tribrachidium, Trilobozoa, Vendobionta}

Uncertain Affinities of Trilobozoa

_{Günter Bechly
March 26, 2021

Evolution

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That the same fossils can be attributed to at least six different phyla of marine invertebrates as well as terrestrial fungi really should give reason to pause. Read More ›

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Date
September 22, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, annelids, Anomalocaris, arthropods, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Chengjiang fossils, Darwinism, Darwinists, earthworms, Ediacaran organisms, Ediacaran Period, fossil record, Kimberella, microbes, paleontologists, Porifera, precambrian fossils, sponges}

A Bridge Too Far? In Search of Precambrian Sponges

_{Science and Culture
September 22, 2020

Evolution

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The most celebrated Precambrian sponge may not be a sponge at all. Watch Darwinians try to coax it into spongehood. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 10, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, algae, bilateral symmetry, brachiopods, Bryozoa, Cambrian Explosion, Ediacaran biota, Namacalathus, Paleobiology Database, protists, sponges, Utah}

Namacalathus, Alleged Ediacaran “Animal,” Fails to Refute Abrupt Cambrian Explosion

_{Günter Bechly
July 10, 2020

Evolution

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It could be anything, from a coelenterate-grade or sponge-grade organism to even a protist or an alga. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 12, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, animals, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Carl Zimmer, China, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian theory, Donald Prothero, Ediacaran biota, embryos, fossil record, Jerry Coyne, Metazoa, metazoans, microfossils, Namibia, New York Times, Nick Matzke, Norway, paleontology, precambrian fossils, protists, Russia, snowball Earth, South Australia, spicules, sponges, Stephen Meyer, Trilobozoa, White Sea, Wikipedia}

The Myth of Precambrian Sponges

_{Günter Bechly
May 12, 2020

Evolution

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Evolutionists would expect to find sponges as the earliest animals in the fossil record. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 27, 2018

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, anus, bacteria, bilateral symmetry, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cnidarians, ctenophores, Darwinian evolution, decomposition, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran biota, Facebook, fossils, fungi, glide symmetry, GUT, Ilya Bobrovskiy, Jochen Brocks, Mary Droser, Metazoa, morphology, mouth, paleontology, placozoans, protists, South Australia, sponges, Stanford University, University of California, Vendobionta}

#6 of Our Top Stories of 2018: Dickinsonia Probably Not an Ediacaran Animal

_{Günter Bechly
December 27, 2018

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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So, do high levels of cholesterol biomarkers really suggest an animal affinity of Dickinsonia? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 27, 2018

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, anus, bacteria, bilateral symmetry, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cnidarians, ctenophores, Darwinian evolution, decomposition, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran biota, Facebook, fossils, fungi, glide symmetry, GUT, Ilya Bobrovskiy, Jochen Brocks, Mary Droser, Metazoa, morphology, mouth, paleontology, placozoans, protists, South Australia, sponges, Stanford University, University of California, Vendobionta}

Why Dickinsonia Was Most Probably Not an Ediacaran Animal

_{Günter Bechly
September 27, 2018

Botany, Evolution

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So, do high levels of cholesterol biomarkers really suggest an animal affinity of Dickinsonia? Read More ›

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Date
September 21, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, ctenophores, Darwinians, Douglas Axe, Eugene Koonin, fossils, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, methodological naturalism, Nature (journal), phyla, placozoans, PNAS, sponges, trilobites}

Still More Excuses for Cambrian Non-Evolution

_{Science and Culture
September 21, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Trilobites look up silently from their Burgess Shale rock slabs, with sad eyes, asking, “Where did I come from?” Read More ›

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Date
July 2, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Anomalocaris, Barack Obama, BBC News, bilaterian animals, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Casey Luskin, China, Darwin's Doubt, Death Valley, Debating Darwin's Doubt, Ediacaran era, evolutionists, Live Science, mollusks, Science Advances, seafloor, sponges, Stephen Meyer, UC Riverside, wind}

Trackways Reported in Ediacaran Strata

_{Science and Culture
July 2, 2018

Evolution

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Small putative trackways in Siberian rocks are giving evolutionists an opportunity to claim bilaterian animals preceded the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›