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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 26, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ardipithecus, Associated Press, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, Australopithecus anamensis, balance, Bernard Wood, bipedalism, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), human evolution, human origins, humans, inner ear canals, Leslie Aiello, Lucy, lumpers, National Geographic, paleontology, splitters, teeth}

Australopithecines and Retroactive Confessions of Ignorance

_{Casey Luskin
October 26, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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If a few teeth of intermediate size and shape make “the most complete chain of human evolution,” then the evidence for human evolution must be quite modest. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 26, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Adrianus Kalmjin, ampullae of Lorenzini, chondrichthyans, chondrocranium, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, great white shark, Illustra Media, intelligent design, jaws, Living Waters, mako shark, megalodon, Miocene, Morgan River, paleontology, Pliocene, sea floor, sediments, sharks, South Carolina, superpredators, tabloid journalists, teeth, vertebral column, vertebrates, whales}

Fossil Friday: Megalodon and Intelligent Design in Sharks

_{Günter Bechly
August 26, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science

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Megalodon was a specialized apex predator and fed mainly on large baleen whales. Read More ›

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Date
August 3, 2022

Categories
Geology
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, biominerals, bones, carbon, exoplanets, James Webb Space Telescope, Mars, Mercury, meteorites, microbes, minerals, oxygen, pyrite, Robert Hazen, shells, teeth}

Biominerals Could Predict Life on Exoplanets

_{Science and Culture
August 3, 2022

Geology, Physical Sciences, Science

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One-third of minerals — chemical solids whose atoms are highly ordered — are created directly or indirectly by life forms. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, feet, fingers, function, intelligent design, molecular biologists, philosophers, physicalism, Pierre-Luc Germain, teeth, terminology, thoughts}

Can We Eliminate the Idea of Function from Biology? A Philosopher and a Biologist Want to Try

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 6, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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They propose the term “biological role” instead. Thus, presumably, “the function of teeth is chewing” becomes “the biological role of teeth is chewing.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 21, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Darwinism, design reasoning, evolution, grasshoppers, intelligent design, lions, mammals, narrative gloss, Old Testament, photosynthesis, teeth, trees, UC Davis}

Redwoods, Grasshoppers: New Designs in Well-Studied Species

_{David Coppedge
March 21, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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If redwoods are a byword for great stature, grasshoppers represent the opposite. And what insect could be more common or familiar? Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
December 2, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, chewing, common descent, Epicurus, evolution, evolutionists, falsifiability, flat tire, Imre Lakatos, intelligent design, organs, predictions, teeth, teleology, testability, utility}

Ultra-Conserved Elements: New Paper, Same Old Results

_{Cornelius Hunter
December 2, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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UCEs are conserved structures that are not functionally constrained. Yet there is not so much as a hint of a problem for evolutionary theory. Read More ›

Kimberella quadrata with associated scratch marks

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 14, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Adolf Seilacher, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Ediacaran biota, Ediacaran organisms, feeding apparatus, grazing, Kimberella, Kimberella series, Kimberichnus, Kimberichnus teruzzii, locomotion, microbial mats, Russia, South Australia, teeth, trace fossils, Tübingen University, White Sea}

Kimberella — Controversial Scratch Marks

_{Günter Bechly
September 14, 2020

Evolution

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A former teacher of mine was the late Adolf Seilacher, who was a leading authority on trace fossils and who for obvious reasons preferred to be called "Dolf." Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 12, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, burial, Cambrian News, digestive system, Ediacaran organisms, evolution, feeding apparatus, foot, fossils, Kimberella, Kimberella series, mantle, Mikhail Fedonkin, mollusks, monoplacophorans, muscles, Ordovician Period, Parvancorina, proboscis, shells, teeth}

Reconstructing Kimberella — The Disputed Anatomy in Detail

_{Günter Bechly
September 12, 2020

Evolution

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Fossils often leave much room for very different interpretations of relatively poor evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 11, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, comb jelly, Ediacaran biota, fossils, gonads, jellyfish, Kimberella, Kimberella series, limpets, mantle, medusoid, molluscan radula, pharynx, proboscis, stylets, teeth, White Sea}

Kimberella — Four Phases of Interpretation

_{Günter Bechly
September 11, 2020

Evolution

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In the quite checkered history of the detailed reconstruction of Kimberella, we can distinguish four distinct successive phases. Read More ›

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Date
October 21, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, biomineralization, biominerals, convergent evolution, Darwinian evolution, David Raup, genetic code, Golden Ratio, hammer, intelligent design, mollusks, morphospace, Nature Communications, Newton, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, Phys.org, Qesem Cave, scallops, snails, teeth, University of Wisconsin-Madison}

Teeth, Mollusks: Design in Biominerals

_{Science and Culture
October 21, 2019

Intelligent Design

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The subject of biomineralization also allows comparing the explanatory power of design over Darwinian evolution. Read More ›