Tag: Fossil Friday
Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origins of Lagomorphs and Rodents
Molecular biologist Dan Graur mentioned his weird idea that guinea pigs are not rodents at a lecture at my university in Tübingen when I was still a student.
Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origins of Treeshrews (Scandentia) and Colugos (Dermoptera)
Even as a paleontologist I admit that calling this a real scientific discipline seems like an insult to sciences like physics or chemistry or molecular biology.
Fossil Friday: Elephants and the Abrupt Origin of Proboscidea
Is this what Darwinism would predict? Of course not! Is it instead what intelligent design theory would predict? Indeed it is.
Fossil Friday: Sea Cows and the Abrupt Origin of Sirenia and Desmostylia
So, is every thing OK with Darwinism after all? No so fast. Actually, there are some problems that do not square well with a Darwinian scenario.
Fossil Friday: Fossil Hyraxes and the Abrupt Origin of Hyracoidea
Of course, it is only we “nitpicking” intelligent design proponents who point out such incongruences.