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Sophisticated Energy Shield Found in a Shrimp

A sophisticated energy-absorbing structure has been discovered in the mantis shrimp’s dactyl club that protects the animal from its own shock waves. Read More ›
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Worming Evolution into the Cambrian Explosion

A new fossil worm from the closing days of the Ediacaran is being celebrated as a missing link that demonstrates a gradual Cambrian diversification, not an explosion. Read More ›
Fuxianhuia protensa

Contradicting Darwinian Gradualism, Earliest Animals Show Complex Parental Behavior

Darwin himself realized that any kind of significant saltational change would imply a miracle-like intelligent intervention. Read More ›
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Scaffold Without a Blueprint? Another Wild Story of Cambrian “Enablement”

Believe it or not: Those scaffolds you see at construction sites are what make buildings emerge. Read More ›

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