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Saccorhytus
Image credit: PaleoEquii, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: Say Hello to Our Microscopic Granddaddy?

What we do know is that it is definitely not our earliest ancestor. Another overhyped missing link bites the dust. Read More ›
hemichordate
Photo: Holotype of Mesobalanoglossus buergeri, by G. Bechly.

Fossil Friday: Hemichordate Body Plan and Lifecycle Goes Back to the Cambrian Explosion

This Fossil Friday we will discuss the abrupt origin of yet another animal phylum during the famous Cambrian Explosion. Read More ›
Sphaerechinus granularis
Photo: Sphaerechinus granularis, a sea urchin, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Remarkably Candid Statement About an Unsolved Evolutionary Puzzle

According to current systematic theory, everyone reading this right now belongs to the taxonomic category Deuterostomia. Read More ›
Hoilungia-hongkongensis

Placozoa: An Evolutionary Leftover? 

Simple, small, and worldwide in distribution, the placozoa don’t fit any clear evolutionary picture. Read More ›

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