Archive: First Land Animals, Lateral Gene Transfer, and Beetle Fans
April 26, 2024
Enjoy some of our posts from 22 years ago, which were lost during a website upgrade.
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CEH Editor Finds Evidence for Rare Rock-Nesting Bees
December 27, 2023
On a hike in Arizona, he documented a rare bee's nest site in sandstone.
Desert Varnish Goes Biological
July 6, 2021
What was thought to be a geological phenomenon turns out to be the work of photosynthetic bacteria.
Theory of Mudstones Evolving Toward Flood Geology
January 28, 2021
A radical revision of the origin of mudstones in 2014 just got another surprising update favorable to creationists. Old-earthers have long pointed to mudstones as evidence against a young earth. The thinking for a century or more has been that mudstones, like some of the fine-grained strata throughout the southwestern United States, required placid conditions […]
Dinosaur Bone Bed Indicates Underwater Graveyard
January 8, 2021
Multiple specimens of Edmontosaurus give evidence of catastrophic water burial after transport by an underwater debris flow.
Archive Classic: The Mystery of the Ultra-Pure Sandstones
May 6, 2017
Reprinted from June 27, 2003, this mystery is worth considering still. What caused these global deposits that are not being formed today? R. H. Dott, Jr (Univ. of Wisconsin) has a problem. He’s been trying to explain a geological puzzle for 50 years, and it is still unresolved.
Aussie Dino Stampede Tramples Long Ages
March 29, 2017
Researchers just published findings on a decade-long study of one of the biggest dinosaur trackways on earth, located on the west coast of Australia.
Geology Theories Are Not Set in Stone
January 7, 2016
To be a geologist, you have to have a big imagination and always be ready to have your favorite theory overturned.
Crinoid Pigment: 240 Million Years and No Evolution
February 19, 2015
Pigments from crinoids fossilized in early Mesozoic strata are identical to modern counterparts.
Densely-Packed Dinosaur Raptor Bones Found
January 10, 2015
A stunning matrix of densely-packed bones from multiple carnivorous dinosaurs has been found in a big block of Utah sandstone.
Earth as a Habitable Planet
September 29, 2014
When viewed as a planet among planets, Earth is surprisingly surprising, considering how close it is to scientists' investigating eyes.
Navajo Sandstone Dates Are Incoherent
September 24, 2014
Can concretions really be 190 million years younger than the rock in which they are embedded?
Dinosaur Soft Tissue "Explained"
November 26, 2013
The discoverer of soft tissue in dinosaur bone now has a new explanation for its preservation – but does it really answer the obvious question?