Bechly Type post Author Casey Luskin Date April 23, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionPaleontology Tagged , __featured1, ambulacrarians, bilaterian animals, bilaterians, biological information, Cambrian Explosion, China, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Darwin’s Doubt, Douglas Erwin, Ediacaran Period, evolutionary mechanisms, fossil record, genes, genetic information, Günter Bechly, Hemichordata, homoplasy, paleontology, phyla, Porifera, precambrian fossils, Science (journal), Scientific American, Stephen Meyer, The Conversation The Prescient Günter Bechly: New Paper Doesn’t Negate the Cambrian Explosion Casey Luskin April 23, 2026 Evolution, Paleontology 7 Let’s consider the fossils the paper identifies as appearing in the Ediacaran but that belong to phyla previously known to appear first in the Cambrian. Read More ›
Deuterostome-cambroernid-fossil-Credit-Gaorong-Li Type post Author Casey Luskin Date April 20, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionPaleontology Tagged , ambulacrarians, ancestors, bilaterians, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cambroernids, Charnia, China, chordates, cladogram, cnidarians, crinoid, ctenophores, Current Biology, Ediacaran strata, fossils, Haootia, holdfast, Jiangchuan Biota, kelp, mackenziid, Margaretia dorus, Precambrian, Profera, Science (journal), Scientific American, The Conversation, vermiform, worms Science Paper Overstates Case for “Diverse Assemblage of Bilaterians” in the Ediacaran Casey Luskin April 20, 2026 Evolution, Paleontology 14 I suspect the bilaterian nature of this “most numerous” fossil will be challenged as more studies come out. Read More ›
