Whole_chitinozoan_cropped Type post Author Günter Bechly Date October 18, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionPaleontology 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 7 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 ›
Tetrapodophis Type post Author Günter Bechly Date December 22, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionPaleontology Tagged , doublespeak, evolution, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, herpetology, Mesozoic, missing links, National Geographic, snakes, transitional forms, transitional fossils Fossil Friday: Is the Four-Legged Snake Tetrapodophis a Missing Link or Not? Günter Bechly December 22, 2023 Evolution, Paleontology 24 There should have existed transitional forms, which exhibit at least some typical features of basal snake anatomy. Read More ›
Dave Farina Type post Author Günter Bechly Date November 28, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Australopithecines, birds, Cambrian Explosion, Casey Luskin, common descent, cynodonts, Darwin's Doubt, dinosaurs, Discovery Institute, evolution, fossil record, hominids, hominins, humans, intelligent design, John Hawks, land mammals, mammaliaforms, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, New York Times, Richard Sternberg, science denial, science teachers, Stephen Meyer, Therapsids, transitional fossils, walking whales, YouTubers Debunking “Professor Dave’s” Hit Piece Against Stephen Meyer Günter Bechly November 28, 2022 Evolution, Intelligent Design 13 This YouTube video runs to about an hour and a quarter, so I will be answering him once again in a series, minute by minute. Read More ›
Rhamphorhynchus_muensteri_rendering Type post Author Günter Bechly Date June 9, 2022 CategoriesIntelligent DesignPaleontology Tagged , abrupt appearance, Archaeopteryx, Bavaria, body plans, Darwinian theory, evolution, fossil record, Germany, gradual development, intelligent design, Late Triassic, museums, nests, predictions, pterosaurs, sea floor, transitional fossils Rare Fossil Preserves a Moment of Deadly Battle — And Recalls a Problem for Darwin Günter Bechly June 9, 2022 Intelligent Design, Paleontology 2 Pterosaurs appear abruptly in the fossil record of the Late Triassic, which agrees with the predictions of intelligent design theory. Read More ›
whale-hervey-bay-australia-stockpack-adobe-stock-70987395-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date January 12, 2017 CategoriesEvolutionZoology Tagged , __nedited, giraffes, mammals, the narrative, transitional forms, transitional fossils, whale, whale evolution Jonathan Wells on Whale Evolution and a “Materialistic Creation Story” David Klinghoffer January 12, 2017 Evolution, Zoology 2 So much for these aquatic mammals as an icon of evolution. Read More ›