Tag: University of Edinburgh

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 31, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, ancestors, animals, biological information, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian radiation, Current Biology, Darwin-skeptics, Darwin's Doubt, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionists, fossils, genetic information, Günter Bechly, molecular clock, oxygen, oxygen theory, oxygenation, Philip C. J. Donoghue, Richard Sternberg, Science Advances, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, trace fossils, University of Bristol, University of Edinburgh}

Dodging the Main Issue in the Cambrian Explosion

_{David Coppedge
January 31, 2025

Evolution, Paleontology

9}

In three papers, scientists babble about irrelevant details but ignore the main question: the origin of new genetic information for new body plans and organs. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, bats, BBC News, birds, Boeing 747, Current Biology, fossils, gigantism, Günter Bechly, magic, mutations, Neil Thomas, Origin, paleontologists, pterosaurs, Scleromochlus, selection, The Conversation, University of Edinburgh, University of Leicester, University of Portsmouth}

Magical Thinking: Can Pterosaurs Be Darwinized?

_{David Coppedge
January 28, 2025

Evolution, Paleontology

8}

Neil Thomas has written about “Evolutionary Theory as Magical Thinking” and there is no shortage of examples in the literature on fossils. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
October 11, 2024

Categories
Genetics
Paleontology
Tagged
, assemblages, Avalon explosion, biodiversity, biologists, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Charnia, Charnwood Forest, Ediacaran biota, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, genetic information, intelligent design, interpretation, magical thinking, paleontologists, Precambrian, radiations, radiometric dating, Science Advances, sedimentary rock, University of Edinburgh}

Fossil Friday: The Avalon Explosion and the Power of Maybe

_{Günter Bechly
October 11, 2024

Genetics, Paleontology

5}

While evolutionary biology has no explanation even according to the authors themselves, intelligent design theory does. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 26, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, astrobiologists, astrobiology, atmosphere, biosphere, complex specified information, evolutionists, Gaia, humans, information, information processing, intelligent design, life, plate tectonics, PLOS Biology, probabilities, prokaryotes, Universe Today, University of Edinburgh, volcanoes, water}

Astrobiologists Offer an “Information-Based View of the Biosphere”

_{David Coppedge
March 26, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Planetology

7}

Even if their estimates need to be revised by a terabase or two someday, they have made it clear that our biosphere is awash in information. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 28, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africa, Bible, British Empire, Cambridge University, Christianity, COVID-19, Darwin Comes to Africa, Discovery Institute, New York Times, Olufemi Oluniyi, Scotland, Seattle, snobbery, Social Darwinism, Summer Seminars, University of Edinburgh}

My Friend Olufemi Oluniyi and Darwin’s Legacy in Nigeria

_{John G. West
February 28, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

5}

Olufemi opened my eyes and heart to the importance of Nigeria to Africa, the dynamic role of Christians there, and the importance of Africa to the world. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 9, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Cambrian Small Shelly Fauna, Cloudina, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran animals, Ediacaran era, Ediacaran Small Shelly Fauna, Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary, fossil record, lophotrochozoans, Nama Group, Namacalathus, Namacalathus hermanastes, Namapoikia, Namibia, National Geographic, paleontology, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, University of Edinburgh, University of Toronto}

Namacalathus, an Ediacaran Lophophorate Animal?

_{Günter Bechly
July 9, 2020

Evolution

9}

I have been writing a series of articles on alleged Ediacaran animals that have been postulated as precursors of the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›

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Date
March 8, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, atheism, Brian Miller, Edward Aveling, evolution, ID the Future, Ludwig Büchner, materialism, Michael Flannery, Plinian Society, podcast, University of Edinburgh}

Just the Facts? Michael Flannery on Charles Darwin and Materialism

_{Science and Culture
March 8, 2020

Evolution

1}

Learn more about Darwin’s experiences at the University of Edinburgh with the Plinian Society, and his interaction with prominent atheists near the end of his life. Read More ›

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Date
October 7, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, animals, arthropod, BBC News, bilaterians, burrowing, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, China, chordate, Darwin's Doubt, earthworms, Ediacaran Period, fossil record, Kimberella, lophotrochozoans, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Stephen Meyer, trilobite, University of Edinburgh, Yilingia spiciformis}

Worming Evolution into the Cambrian Explosion

_{Science and Culture
October 7, 2019

Evolution

8}

A new fossil worm from the closing days of the Ediacaran is being celebrated as a missing link that demonstrates a gradual Cambrian diversification, not an explosion. Read More ›

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Date
October 24, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, airfoil, dandelion, digestive tract, engineers, evolution, filaments, Flight, forest fire, intelligent design, motors, Nature (journal), pappus, parachute, storksbill, University of Edinburgh, Velcro, vortex, William Blake}

Flight: The Genius of Seeds

_{Science and Culture
October 24, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

8}

Plant seeds come equipped to spread themselves in ways that baffle engineers. Did they invent these mechanisms by chance? Read More ›

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Date
October 16, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", babies, bacteria, brain scan, human body, intelligent design, ligands, liver, olfaction, Olfactory Sensory Neurons, physiology, PLOS ONE, Salk Institute, Science Advances, smell, Stephanie Pappas, University of Edinburgh, University of Illinois, viruses, vision}

The Blink of an Eye — And More Wonders of Human Body Design

_{Science and Culture
October 16, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

7}

Darwinists insist on your body’s “poor design.” Yeah, right. Check these out. Read More ›