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Here’s some important science news from last week that slipped through LGF’s cracks: the discovery of a four-fingered theropod that fills in another step in the evolution of dinosaurs into birds. Image credit: James Clark A newly discovered dinosaur provides a fossil snapshot of the reptiles’ evolution into birds, ...
Organizations with the word “Family” in their name are invariably fundamentalists and creationists (with the possible exception of “Family Planning”), and OneNewsNow, the website of the “American Family News Network,” is a case in point as they react to the news of the “Ida” fossil by consulting Ken Ham, leader ...
Answers In Genesis, Creationism, paleontology, transitional fossil, Science, Evolution
Among the geeks at ScienceBlogs, there’s a lot of debate about the appropriateness of the splashy media campaign to promote the “Ida” fossil; the NYT Opinionator blog has a round-up of the comments (and a nod to LGF for our Rush Limbaugh post): Let’s Not Go Ape Over Ida. I ...
Evolution, Science, transitional fossil, paleontology, Creationism, Rush Limbaugh
The question has come up several times, in our threads related to evolution, whether Rush Limbaugh is a creationist. I searched for definitive statements because I was curious where he stood, but was never able to really pin it down. Well, today he pretty much settled the matter, with a ...
Evolution, Science, transitional fossil, paleontology, Creationism, Rush Limbaugh
As we noted last week, an international team of scientists has unveiled a landmark discovery: an amazingly well-preserved 47-million year old fossil found in Germany that could be the common ancestor of all monkeys, apes, and human beings. This team has put together an excellent website with articles, photos, and ...
Next week at New York City’s American Museum of Natural History, an international team of scientists will unveil a complete, 47-million year old fossil found in Germany that may be one of the most important anthropological discoveries ever made: a primate creature that could be the common ancestor of all ...
The Discovery Institute has created a fascinating 3D high-resolution CT scan of the famous “Lucy” fossil (Australopithecus afarensis): Lucy 2.0: Famous Fossil Hominid Goes Digital. Oops, sorry ... did I say “Discovery Institute?” I meant the University of Texas. Everyone knows the Discovery Institute isn’t interested in actually doing scientific ...
Evolution, Biology, Science, paleontology, Lucy, Fossil, Hominid
Amazing paleontological discoveries this week: A new species of early whale, in the form of a pregnant female with a near-term fetus: Laelaps : Maiacetus, the good mother whale. An enormous boa constrictor that lived about 60 million years ago in Colombia, nearly 50 feet long and weighing more than ...
Scientists at Stanford are doing some interesting research into the evolution of birds, using the latest X-ray technology and an archaeopteryx fossil originally discovered in Germany: Stanford scientists scan birdlike dinosaur for evolution clues. Stanford scientists are using powerful X-ray beams on a rare feathered dinosaur that perished more ...
Well, the economy may be melting down, and Iran may be on the brink of nuclear weapons, but at least we don’t have gigantic geese the size of small airplanes with beaks full of razor sharp teeth. Scientists have found a new huge and well-preserved fossil of a goose ...