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Fossil of a trilobites from the early ordovician period found in Czech Republic
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Günter Bechly on Fossils and Common Descent

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2003
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Sarah Chaffee
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Günter Bechly
Duration
00:16:31
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We were shocked and grieved to learn of the death of our friend and colleague Günter Bechly this week. Gunter was a world-class paleontologist and an inspiration to many for his learned insight into the fossil record and his brave rejection of Darwinian dogma. Over the next two Fridays, we’re sharing a two-part interview originally recorded in 2018 with host Sarah Chaffee. In this exchange, Gunter spotlights some problems the fossil record poses for Darwinism and, specifically, the theory’s idea of universal common ancestry. Bechly was a proponent of Darwinism until he discovered, well into his career, what he sees as significant scientific reasons to doubt the evolutionary story. The occasion for his conversation with host Sarah Chaffee is an essay he and Stephen Meyer contributed to Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique, an anthology from Crossway books.

This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Look for the conclusion next.

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  • Watch Dr. Bechly discuss fossil explosions in the history of life in this recent talk: