Tag: tiktaalik

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 25, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Anomalocaris, Associated Press, Barbara Wagstaff, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian Period, Charnia, Cornelius Hunter, Current Biology, Devonian Period, Flinders University, Fractofusus, Günter Bechly, Joe Moysiuk, John Long, Journal of the Geological Society, Justin Jackson, Live Science, mammoth, Marcin Ambrozik, Modura, Nature Communications, New Scientist, Per Ahlberg, radiodont, Royal Ontario Museum, Royal Society Open Science, Saint James, The Conversation, tiktaalik, true cross, University of Melbourne, Vera Korasidis}

Fossils as Magical Darwin Relics

_{David Coppedge
May 25, 2025

Archaeology, Evolution, Paleontology

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Fossils can be handled in the present, but how they are used by evolutionists in stories of history resembles the practices of overeager medieval churchmen. 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
December 29, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Africa, Alan Feduccia, birds, Darwinists, data, evolutionary biology, footprints, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, ghost lineages, PLOS ONE, Poland, Temporal Paradox, theory, theropod dinosaurs, tiktaalik, University of Cape Town, Upper Triassic, Zachelmie}

Fossil Friday: Fossil Bird Tracks Expand the Temporal Paradox

_{Günter Bechly
December 29, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

5}

The origin of birds involves a severe problem for Darwinists, which paleo-ornithologist Alan Feduccia has called a temporal paradox. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 1, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, amber, Arachnida, arachnids, arthropods, Charles Darwin, chelicerates, common descent, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, dependency graph model, England, eurypterids, evolution, Evolution News, flagellum, Fossil Friday (series), Germany, horseshoe crabs, intelligent design, materialism, molecular clock studies, Parioscorpio venator, parsimony, phylogeny, predictions, respiratory organs, Richard Dawkins, scorpions, spider silk, spiders, spinnerets, tiktaalik, Tree of Life, whip scorpions, Winston Ewert, Wisconsin}

Fossil Friday: The Mess of Arachnid Phylogeny, and Why I’ve Become More Skeptical of Common Descent

_{Günter Bechly
December 1, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

72}

True skeptics should question everything, and not just everything apart from Darwinism and materialism. Read More ›

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Date
January 3, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Chile, Darwinism, digestive enzymes, digits, evolution, fin rays, fish, gene regulatory network, genes, genetic code, intelligent design, limbs, Long Story Short, mitosis, Neil Shubin, PNAS, Spain, tiktaalik, University of Chicago}

More Fishy Tales Afoot from Neil Shubin

_{Science and Culture
January 3, 2022

Anatomy, Evolution, Paleontology

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Tiktaalik discoverer Neil Shubin from the University of Chicago searches for genetic clues between fish fins and tetrapod toes. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
November 7, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Ardi, Australia, Cambrian Explosion, Canada, Darwin on Trial, Darwinian evolution, DNA, E. coli, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Ida, materialism, Michael Denton, Michigan State University, microbes, New York University, On the Origin of Species, Phillip E. Johnson, philosophical bias, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, random mutations, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, RNA, Robert Shapiro, Scientific American, tetrapods, The Blind Watchmaker, tiktaalik, U.C. Berkeley}

Darwin on Trial — As Fresh and Relevant as Ever

_{Michael Behe
November 7, 2019

Evolution

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Because of Phillip Johnson’s leadership no informed person will ever again honestly say that Darwin’s theory flows straight from the data. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 8, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, arthropods, biologists, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darwin critics, dinosaurs, evolutionary biology, fish, Gerhard Mickoleit, gigantism, intelligent design, Late Cretaceous, Late Jurassic, lungfish, lungs, Morocco, paleobiology, paleontologists, sauropods, swim bladder, tiktaalik, Tübingen University, Wikipedia}

PBS Eons Teaches Nonsense about Evolution

_{Günter Bechly
August 8, 2019

Evolution

14}

Where do you think your curious kids will look for answers to their questions about the world — in the local bookstore or online? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, David Snoke, E. coli, Ebola, FedEx, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genes, HIV, malaria, Michael Lynch, Michigan State University, mutation rate, polar bears, population size, Response to Criticism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, Telliamed Revisited, tiktaalik, tinkering, turtles, viruses, waiting-time problem, Yersinia pestis}

For Dreams of Darwinian Evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution Is an Insuperable Problem

_{Michael Behe
March 14, 2019

Evolution

13}

Professor Lenski’s contrasting of the frequency versus importance of evolutionary changes is misconceived and his illustrations are inapt. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 19, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Canada, Devonian Period, habitat, Nature News, Neil Shubin, Poland, tetrapod, tiktaalik, Zachelmie}

Did Fish as Flotsam Conquer Land?

_{Günter Bechly
February 19, 2018

Evolution

5}

In evolutionary biology, the great transitions from one habitat to a totally different way of life have long proved to be the stuff of good storytelling. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 21, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, ATP, bipedalism, causation, contingency, essential causal chain, evolution, First Cause, heartbeat, infinity, PZ Myers, sunlight, tiktaalik, universe}

Helpful Atheist Makes a Case for God

_{Michael Egnor
January 21, 2018

Faith & Science, Philosophy

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“If only Tiktaalik had inherited three pairs of stubby little old fins we’d be centaurs now.” Read More ›