Tag: University of Tübingen

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 5, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Fossil Friday (series), Gerhard Mickoleit, Greek, mammaliaforms, mammals, reptiles, synapomorphies, University of Tübingen}

Fossil Friday: Time Wanderers Debunk Popular Scenario of Mammalian Evolution

_{Günter Bechly
July 5, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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The crude Darwinist presumption of more advanced descendants outcompeting their primitive ancestors turned out to be wrong once again. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ancestors, archeology, cave art, Czech Republic, David Coppedge, Howard University, human origins, humans, intelligence, Neanderthals, Racism, ravens, sexism, UNESCO, University of Tübingen, whiteness}

Our Ancestors Are Evolving, Just to Keep Up!

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 10, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Negative biases about our forebears have long been part of science, education, and popular culture. Why? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 30, 2023

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Afar region, Australopithecus, brain, Ethiopia, face, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Homo, Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis, human origins, Koobi Fora, Ledi-Geraru, mandible, paleoanthropology, paleontology, phylogenetic analysis, Richard Leakey, University of Tübingen}

Fossil Friday: Homo rudolfensis, Another Contentious Homo

_{Günter Bechly
June 30, 2023

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

8}

Considering the checkered history of grandiose claims and controversies in paleoanthropology, some caution may be wise. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 17, 2023

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Tagged
, 23andMe, Clive Finlayson, Germany, glue, Homo sapiens, human origins, intelligence, Michael Shermer, Middle Palaeolithic, missing links, Neanderthals, ScienceAlert, University of Tübingen}

Researchers: Neanderthals Invented Process to Produce Birch Tar

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 17, 2023

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology

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The tar can be used for glue, bug repellent, and killing germs. This finding tracks growing recognition of Neanderthals as intelligent. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 3, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, biologists, cladistics, entomologists, entomology, Gerhard Mickoleit, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, morphology, naturalists, Neo-Darwinism, phylogenetics, polymath, Protestantism, Stuttgart Natural History Museum, systematics, University of Tübingen, Willi Hennig}

Farewell to My Teacher, Gerhard Mickoleit

_{Günter Bechly
May 3, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

2}

He had rather secretly always been a devout Protestant Christian and he too had some doubts about the causal adequacy and sufficiency of neo-Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 25, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ardipithecus ramidus, Bernard Wood, bipedalism, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), hominins, human origins, Kenya, Nature (journal), New York Times, paleoanthropologists, pelvis, Rosetta Stone, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Science (journal), Smithsonian Institution, textbooks, Tim White, UC Berkeley, University of Tübingen}

The Standard Story of Human Evolution: A Critical Look

_{Casey Luskin
October 25, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Whatever Ardi was, everyone agrees the fossils was initially badly crushed and needed extensive reconstruction. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 20, 2022

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bioRxiv, co-evolution, convergence, Current Biology, DNA, Duke University, evolution, ferns, Florida Museum of Natural History, Foresight (book), gene flow, heredity, horizontal gene transfer, human evolution, intelligent design, introgression, Neanderthals, North Carolina State University, University of Tübingen}

Gene Sharing Is More Widespread than Thought, with Implications for Darwinism

_{David Coppedge
September 20, 2022

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Evidence is growing that organisms share existing genetic information horizontally, not just vertically. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 12, 2022

Categories
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, beetles, Brazil, butterflies, convergence, Crato Formation, Darwinism, design pattern, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, insects, intelligent design, Kalligrammatidae, lacewing, Lower Cretaceous, Lower Jurassic, mouthparts, natural selection, paleontology, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Jay Gould, University of Tübingen}

Fossil Friday: A Fossil Butterfly Lookalike

_{Günter Bechly
August 12, 2022

Paleontology, Science

6}

An intelligent design paradigm can easily accommodate convergences as a natural consequence of a designer reusing the same ideas in different constructions. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
January 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abominable mystery, angiosperms, birds, Charles Darwin, evolution, flowering plants, fossil record, Granville Sewell, Günter Bechly, living fossils, mammals, Max Planck Institute, monocots, paleobotany, University of Tübingen, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Abstract: Lönnig on Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery”

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
January 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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All orders and families of the angiosperms appear abruptly in the fossil record (the same for most lower systematic categories). Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 26, 2021

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Ardi, Ardipithecus ramidus, bipedality, bonobos, chimpanzees, evolution, Germany, hominins, human ancestor, human origins, Madelaine Böhme, primates, Rosetta Stone, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Science Advances, The Scientist, Tim White, University of Tübingen}

Study: Hands of “Ardi” Indicate a Chimp-like Tree-Dweller and Knuckle-Walker

_{Casey Luskin
February 26, 2021

Human Origins and Anthropology

6}

Initially, Ardi was widely called the “oldest human ancestor,” due to its supposed skeletal traits that indicated an early bipedal (upright walking) species. Read More ›