Tag: zircon

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
January 5, 2026

Categories
Earth Sciences
Origin of Life
Planetology
Tagged
, AlphaFold, atmosphere, biochemistry, biological complexity, chance, disorder, entropy, Francis Crick, Imperial College London, informational content, intelligence, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Leslie Orgel, LUCA, molecular assembly, origin of life, panspermia, physical biasing, primitive earth, protocell, Robert E. Endres, universe, water, zircon}

New Paper Argues for the “Unreasonable Likelihood of Being”

_{Jonathan McLatchie
January 5, 2026

Earth Sciences, Origin of Life, Planetology

5}

How long did life have to get started? Endres notes that life on earth could not have emerged until after two early global sterilizing impacts. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 7, 2023

Categories
Geology
Paleontology
Tagged
, circular reasoning, creationism, creationists, dating, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran Period, evolution, falsified theories, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Gregory Retallack, hype, India, interpretation, paleomagnetography, paleontology, peer-reviewed literature, Precambrian, radiometric dating, rocks, South Australia, stratigraphy, University of Florida, University of Oregon, zircon}

Fossil Friday: Alleged Precambrian Fossil Unmasked as Rotten Beehive

_{Günter Bechly
July 7, 2023

Geology, Paleontology

6}

The scientists revisited the site and discovered that the assumed Ediacaran fossils are neither of Ediacaran age nor represent fossils at all. Read More ›

crystal of Zircon gemstone on dark background

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Date
December 7, 2011

Categories
Chemistry
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, early Earth, oxygen, Research, zircon}

A Big Problem for Naturalistic Explanations of Life’s Origins: Zircon Shows Oxygen Present in the Early Earth

_{Science and Culture
December 7, 2011

Chemistry, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

5}

New studies show that oxygen was present in Earth's atmosphere at or near its current levels 4.4 billion years ago. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
December 6, 2011

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin on Trial, early Earth, intelligent design, Jeffrey Shallit, Larry Moran, oxygen, Phillip E. Johnson, Research, zircon}

Maligning Phil Johnson, with Lots of Rhetoric but Little Substance

_{Jonathan McLatchie
December 6, 2011

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

1}

Johnson has now come in for criticism from mathematician Jeffrey Shallit and biochemist Larry Moran. Read More ›