06Aug 2026 by Post

Paper Promotes “Weirdest Theory Yet” for the Cambrian Explosion

animal phyla, animals, bilaterian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian Period, coprolites, digestive systems, ecosystems, Ediacaran fossils, Evolution, fecal matter, Feces Theory, genes, genetic information, Gizmodo, oxygen, oxygen theory, paleontology, poop, The Best of Evolutionary Theory 2026, Trends in Ecology and Evolution
First the Oxygen Theory, now the Feces Theory. But how much experience do we really have with feces creating new genetic information? Source
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24Jul 2026 by Post

Get Smart: Neanderthals Progress from Brute to Beaut

archeology, brain development, burial sites, cave walls, childhood development, cognitive functioning, Culture, DNA, Evolution, fossils, Friedrich Alexander University, genes, genetics, genome, human mind, Human Origins, Human Origins and Anthropology, Indiana University Bloomington, intelligence, Kyoto University, language, modern humans, Neanderthals, Nurnberg, paleontology, researchers, Scientific American, Tom Schoenemann
We must be ready to ask some questions about many of the evolution stories we have taken for granted. Source
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20Jul 2026 by Post

God Would Not Create Things That Way? Nature Alone Could Not

Charles Darwin, Chicago, chimps, Christianity for Doubters, common design, consciousness, DNA, echolocation, elementary particles, Evolution, Faith & Science, Field Museum of Natural History, fossil skulls, Genesis, George Gaylord Simpson, history of life, humans, Intelligent Design, modern humans, nature, New York Times News Service, nuclear power plants, Origin of Species, paleontologists, paleontology, physics, primates, Smart Phones, supercomputers, Technology, Why Evolution Is Different
Why does God remain backstage, hidden from view, working behind the scenes while we act out our parts in the human drama? Source
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22Jun 2026 by Post

At Long Last, Have New Fossil Finds Solved the Cambrian Enigma?

ancestors, animal life, bilaterian animals, body plans, Cambrian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Cambrian phyla, Casey Luskin, China, Ediacaran biota, Evolution, fossil record, fossils, genetic information, Geology, Günter Bechly, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, kelp, marine algae, paleontologists, paleontology, population genetics, preservation, Science (journal), symmetry, waiting times
New fossil discoveries from China are being hailed as evidence that could reshape our understanding of the origin of complex animal life. Source
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02Jun 2026 by Post

Günter Bechly and the “Species Pair” Problem

A Biologist’s View, African elephants, Asian elephants, Bible, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, chimps, classes, computers, creations, Darwinism, designs, Evolution, Evolution after Darwin, explosions, fossil record, Genesis, George Gaylord Simpson, Gorilla gorilla, Günter Bechly, Homo sapiens, human exceptionalism, humans, Intelligent Design, Jean Rostand, orders, paleontology, Pan paniscus, phyla, software, species pair problem, theists, TimeTree.org, University of Chicago Press
Asian elephants (like the one at the top of this page) and their African counterparts apparently diverged about 8 million years ago. Source
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22May 2026 by Post

Not Out of Context: Comments on Hawks et al. (2000)

anthropology, Aosis, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, autosomes, body plan, body size, bottleneck, brain size, cladogenesis, Evolution, faces, fossil record, Grok, hominids, Homo, Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, Homo sapiens, Human Origins, Human Origins and Anthropology, John Hawks, Journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Biology and Evolution, mtDNA, nuchal areas, nuclear DNA, paleoanthropology, paleontology, population, population size, Religions (journal), Science and Faith in Dialogue, sex chromosomes, skeleton, speciation, Stephen Barr, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The lead author is John Hawks, a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, who has a popular blog on paleoanthropology. Source
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21May 2026 by Post

Addressing More Icons of Theistic Evolution

Ann Gauger, apes, BIO-Complexity, Brown University, Christians, Chromosomal Fusion, chromosomes, common ancestry, crocodiles, Daniel Kuebler, Darwin and Doctrine, Developmental Cell, DNA, Dover trial, Eugenie Scott, Evolution, Faith & Science, fish, Franciscan University of Steubenville, genes, genetic evidence, genetics, GULO, Günter Bechly, human chromosome 2, human genetic diversity, Kenneth Miller, National Center for Science Education, Ola Hössjer, paleontologists, paleontology, Poland, pseudogenes, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, tetrapods, theistic evolution, tiktaalik, __featured1
Professor Kuebler doesn’t acknowledge the pattern of explosions in the fossil record, but he does cite a supposed transitional form. Source
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18May 2026 by Post

Physicist Overstates the “Gradual” Nature of Human Origins in the Fossil Record

Ann Gauger, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, brain size, cranial buttressing, dental function, Evolution, First Things, God's Grandeur, Homo erectus, Homo rudolfensis, Homo sapiens, Human Origins, Human Origins and Anthropology, humans, Nature (journal), paleoanthropologists, paleontology, Stephen Barr, theology, University of Delaware
We’ve gone back and forth with Dr. Barr many times in the past. Mainstream paleoanthropologists acknowledge that the origin of humans is sudden and abrupt. Source
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20Apr 2026 by Post

Beach Stroll Casts Further Doubt on Some Supposed Ediacaran Bilaterian Fossils

air bladder, animals, beach, beachcombing, bilaterian animals, brown algae, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, convergent evolution, Ediacaran biota, Ediacaran fossils, Evolution, evolutionary theory, fauna, flora, fossil-hunting, fossils, hemichordate worms, holdfast, kelp, kelp stipe, Kingdom Protista, Margaretia dorus, Pacific Northwest, paleontology, plants, Precambrian strata, protists, rock hammer, Science (journal), tide-pooling, Western Washington
Over the past few days I’ve been discussing an important paper in the journal Science that reveals supposed Ediacaran bilaterian animal fossils (see here and here, with more to come). Meanwhile, this past weekend, I happened to go on a trip with friends here in Western Washington to do some tide-pooling, beach-combing, and fossil-hunting. We had a fantastic time enjoying the beauty of the inland-coastal Pacific Northwest. During our excursion, I also stumbled on a few things that, with that Science paper in mind, caught my attention. In one instance I found a kelp on the beach with its holdfast still nicely attached. A photo of it is at the top (the holdfast is near the pointy “pick” end of Read More › Source
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