How the Caterpillar Got Its Legs…Or Not

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science, Life Sciences, Astronomy

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🗓️ 7 February 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Almost 400 years after its discovery, the process of metamorphosis is still a thorny conundrum for evolutionary biologists. But there are other aspects of the humble caterpillar that elude a satisfactory Darwinian explanation, like the origin of caterpillar prolegs. On this ID The Future, paleo-entemologist Dr. Gunter Bechly returns to share insights with us from another article in his popular Fossil Friday series.

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0:00.0	I. D. the Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:12.0	Welcome to I. D. the Future. I'm Andrew McDermott. Well today I'm
0:16.1	delighted to welcome back to the program Dr. Gunter Beckley. Dr.
0:20.1	Beckley is a German paleo entemologist who specializes in the fossil history and
0:25.0	systematics of insects, the most diverse group of animals.
0:29.2	He served as curator for amber and fossil insects in the Department of Paleontology at the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart, Germany.
0:38.0	He is also a senior fellow with Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture.
0:43.0	Dr. Beckley earned his PhD in geosciences
0:46.0	from Eberhart-Carls University in Tubingen, Germany.
0:50.0	Gunter, welcome back to I. I'm in the future.
0:53.3	Hi Andrew, nice to chat again with you.
0:56.1	Well, you've been publishing a fascinating weekly article series at evolution news.org
1:01.8	since the summer of 2022, Fossil Friday. Each week you illuminate
1:06.8	the story of a different fossil explaining the part it plays in the larger story of the fossil
1:11.6	record while questioning the evolutionary assumptions related to it.
1:16.0	Each piece is accompanied by at least one striking image of the fossil being discussed.
1:20.6	Sometimes it's an image you've taken yourself from your own collection.
1:24.0	It's a great series to be sure.
1:26.0	One installment I specifically enjoyed lately and thought we could unpack a little on the podcast
1:31.0	is about caterpillars and the amazing process of metamorphosis.
1:35.9	Now this miraculous development was featured in a beautiful 2011 documentary film
1:41.6	from illustrious media called Metamorphosis.
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