Category: Paleontology
“Lying on the Internet”? Debunking Dave Farina on Stephen Meyer
A lot of nonsense gets published in peer-reviewed journals and it needs expertise to separate the wheat from the chaff. Farina lacks any expertise to do this.
Untangling “Professor Dave’s” Confusion about the Cambrian Explosion
We have seen the absurdly low quality of this individual’s video. But there is much more. I have added timecodes in square brackets for easier reference.
Fossil Friday: Fake Amber and the Piltdown Fly
Such simple forgeries are commonly sold to tourists in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Eastern Europe, and Eastern Asia.
Fossil Friday: Florigerminis, Another Failed Candidate for a Jurassic Flowering Plant
You are in good company if you are as skeptical about these claims as I am myself.
Fossil Friday: The Complex Wing Folding of Earwigs
This highly complex mode of wing folding is one of the many examples of engineering marvels in insects that strongly suggest intelligent design.