Günter Bechly
| Günter Bechly | |
|---|---|
 Günter Bechly (2004) | |
| Born | 16 October 1963 Sindelfingen, West Germany |
| 🏳️ Nationality | German |
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Günter Bechly (born 16 October 1963) is a German fossil insect paleontologist and entomologist.
Life[edit]
Bechly was born 1963 and grew up in Böblingen, Germany. He is married and has two sons.[1]
Bechly worked on amber and fossil insects. He studied biology at the University of Hohenheim and zoology, parasitology and paleontology at the University of Tübingen. He completed his thesis on fossil history and the phylogeny of odonata. He was a curator at the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart.[2]
Work[edit]
Bechly's works on evolution, phylogeny, the fossil history of odonates, basal pterygotes, fossil insects from the upper Jurassic period at the solnhofen limestone in Germany and the crato formationes of the lower cretaceous in Brazil. In 2011, his theorized about the fossil insect order coxoplectoptera and its insect wings evolution.[2][3]
After prehistoric predatory[4] cockroaches were found in amber in Myanmar, Bechly said in an article in Geologica Carpathica regarding the cockroaches found, that they had "unique adaptations such as strongly elongated extremities and freely movable head on a long neck suggest that these animals were pursuit predators."[5][6]
Intelligent design creationism[edit]
In 2016 Bechly took up the cause of intelligent design creationism, and joined the American Discovery Institute which promotes pseudoscience in political campaigns. An English language Wikipedia article which had previously been created about Bechly was reviewed and, after full discussion, deleted in October 2017 for lacking sources to establish notability. Omer Benjakob, senior news editor at Haaretz, cited the discussion as an example of the way "the crowdsourced online encyclopedia tries, and many times succeeds, in fending off attempts to politicize scientific content, even in the face of aggressive attempts by religious conservatives".[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Private Life". Dr. Günter Bechly's Website (in Deutsch). Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Probst, Ernst (2011). Wer war der Stammvater der Insekten? : Interview mit dem Stuttgarter Biologen und Paläontologen Dr. Günter Bechly (in Deutsch). GRIN-Verl. ISBN 9783656090687. Search this book on
- ↑ Brill (2011-08-15). "Mysterious fossils provide new clues to insect evolution". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ↑ Tatalović, Mićo (2020-07-28). "Predatory cockroach from dinosaur era found trapped in amber". New Scientist. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ↑ Owano, Nancy (2015-05-01). "Dinosaur-times cockroach caught in amber, from Myanmar". phys.org. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ↑ "Cockroach from dinosaur era was fearsome night-time hunter". The Economic Times. 2015-05-03. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ↑ Benjakob, Omer (2017-11-17). "A respected scientist comes out against evolution – and loses his Wikipedia page". Haaretz.com. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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