Tag: sudden appearance

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
October 18, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animal phyla, asexual reproduction, Cambrian Explosion, chitin, Early Cambrian, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, great Ordovician biodiversification event, microfossils, protists, Silurian Period, single-celled organisms, sudden appearance, Sweden, transitional fossils}

Fossil Friday: Chitinozoa — Enigmatic Microfossils from the Paleozoic Era

_{Günter Bechly
October 18, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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We may now add the mysterious Chitinozoa to this ever-growing list of products of the burst of biological creativity in the Early Cambrian. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 7, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Avalon explosion, biological novelty, Cambrian Explosion, Communications Earth & Environment, complex life, diversification, earth, Ediacaran biota, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), intelligent design, magnetic field, oxygenation, sudden appearance, The Privileged Planet, University of Rochester}

Fossil Friday: No, Magnetic Field Collapse Did Not Trigger the Emergence of Animals

_{Günter Bechly
June 7, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Paleontology, Physical Sciences

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This adds to the many points of fine-tuning that make Earth a privileged planet that can uniquely sustain life. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
October 27, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, angiosperms, Charles Darwin, Crato Formation, Darwinism, Evolution News, flowering plants, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, Lower Cretaceous, Nature Plants, Philip Donoghue, Queen Mary University of London, Richard Buggs, sudden appearance, Twitter, water lily}

Fossil Friday: New Study Confirms Discontinuities in the History of Plants

_{Günter Bechly
October 27, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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I have elaborated on the sudden appearance of flowering plants in the Lower Cretaceous, which was called an “abominable mystery” by Charles Darwin. Read More ›

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Author
Herman B. Bouma

Date
March 29, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Adam Sedgwick, ants, bees, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Cambrian strata, cancel culture, Charles Darwin, evolution, eyes, females, flies, Giraffe, honeycomb, insects, Louis Agassiz, males, National Science Teaching Association, natural selection, naturalists, On the Origin of Species, organs, paleontologists, Precambrian strata, random variations, sudden appearance}

Darwin’s Top 10 Arguments Against His Own Theory

_{Herman B. Bouma
March 29, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology, Science

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In its youth the flat-fish is symmetrical with one eye on each side. However, as the body matures, one eye “begins to glide slowly round the head.” Read More ›

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Date
March 3, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Archaeopteryx, Cambrian Explosion, Casey Luskin, Darwinian theory, evolution, explosions, fake fossils, fossil record, Günter Bechly, history of life, ID the Future, morphology, paleontologists, podcast, sudden appearance, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, transitional forms, Tree of Life}

Debunked Transitional Fossils Are the Tip of the Iceberg

_{Science and Culture
March 3, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Darwinian evolution predicts a gradually branching tree of living forms, with one form shading into another over long periods of evolution. Read More ›