Tag: Cambrian Explosion
A Lapse in Watchfulness: New York Times Admits Neo-Darwinism Faces a “Paradigm Shift” Over “Failure” to Explain Body Plans
A colleague has pointed out to me a 2007 article in the Times that I hadn’t previously seen. The author is Smithsonian paleobiologist Douglas H. Erwin.
Current Biology Paper’s Assumptions and Methodology Dramatically Underestimate “Rates of Change” in the Cambrian Explosion
While Stephen Meyer pointed out this paper’s most fundamental flaw, there are many other deficiencies. I focus on nine total in this article.
Small Shelly Fossils, and the Length of the Cambrian Explosion
Meyer does not fail to mention the small shelly fossils and he does not exaggerate the brevity of the Cambrian explosion.
John Farrell Tweets His Reply
I don’t have a Twitter account, but if I did, I might answer with a tweet of my own.
In National Review, John Farrell’s Predictable and Misleading Review of Darwin’s Doubt
Instead of addressing, or even accurately representing, Meyer’s main argument for intelligent design, Farrell devotes a significant portion of his review to criticizing the book for the alleged misuse of an ellipsis.