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Upper Jurassic

Archaeopteryx
Photo: Archaeopteryx Berlin specimen, M Jorge Guimaraes via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fossil Friday: Imagining Eggs in the Famous Archaeopteryx Fossils

Neither lack of evidence nor conflicting evidence stopped the author from drawing far-reaching conclusions. Read More ›
Hemiphlebiidae
Photo credit: Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: Evolutionary Stasis in Fossil Damselflies Challenges Darwinism

In the hard sciences such explanations that can explain everything and rule out no possible observations are usually considered empirically empty and worthless. Read More ›
Wightonia
Photo credit and copyright: Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: Abrupt Appearance of a Distinct Dragonfly Group

The fossil is almost complete, only the abdomen is missing and was likely bitten off by a predator. Read More ›
Xiaotingia
Photo: Xiaotingia, by Bruce McAdam, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: The Temporal Paradox of Early Birds

Wherever you look in the fossil record you stumble upon problems for the Darwinian story and evidence that is better explained by intelligent design. Read More ›
dragonfly 2
Photo: Mesuropetala schaeferi, by Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: Dragonfly from the Upper Jurassic

Almost everything in the wonderful construction of dragonflies cries out for a design explanation. Read More ›
Turtle_Solnhofen
Photo credit: Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: Turtles All the Way Down

Contrary to the gradualistic expectations of Darwin’s theory, the distinct body plan of turtles appeared abruptly in the Late Triassic. Read More ›
Silky

With Two New Fossils, Evolutionists Rewrite Narratives to Accommodate Conflicting Evidence

Dubious procedures like these would be unthinkable in other natural sciences, such as physics. Read More ›

Stenophlebia amphitrite, a Stunningly Gorgeous Dragonfly from the Upper Jurassic

Take a moment and absorb the beauty of two photographs by our colleague Günter Bechly. Read More ›

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