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City of David
Photo: City of David, by David Coppedge.

Intelligent Design in Action: Pattern Matching in Archaeology

Our uniform experience of intelligent causes allows us to make inferences about design, even without knowing the identity of the designers. Read More ›
Insectivora
Photo: Pholidocercus, Oilshale via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED.

Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origin of Insectivore Mammals

We can conclude that Eulipotyphla appeared abruptly in the Paleocene about 66-61.7 million years ago. Read More ›
Bhimbetka
Photo: <I>Dickinsonia</I>-like pseuodofossil, Bhimbetka cave, Retallack et al. 2021, fair use.

Fossil Friday: Alleged Precambrian Fossil Unmasked as Rotten Beehive

The scientists revisited the site and discovered that the assumed Ediacaran fossils are neither of Ediacaran age nor represent fossils at all. Read More ›
Glires
Photo: Palaeolagus haydeni, James St. John, Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origins of Lagomorphs and Rodents

Molecular biologist Dan Graur mentioned his weird idea that guinea pigs are not rodents at a lecture at my university in Tübingen when I was still a student. Read More ›
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Cambrian Explosion Excuses: Theme and Variations

It’s circular: “Because evolution innovates things, it will innovate things if given the opportunity.” Read More ›

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