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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 18, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Bilateria, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Ediacaran organisms, fossil record, intelligent design, Kimberella, Kimberella series, limpets, Lophotrochozoa, scratch marks, Simon Conway Morris, tentacles, Wiwaxia}

Kimberella and Controversial Relationships — A Chronological Synopsis

_{Günter Bechly
September 18, 2020

Evolution

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It is remarkable, indeed, how detailed a medusoid morphology was projected onto Kimberella fossils and later recognized as pure fantasy. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 17, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cows, Dickinsonia, Germany, Kimberella, Kimberella series, microbial mats, Middle Triassic, Mikhail Fedonkin, mollusks, protozoans, scratch marks, trace fossils, Wiwaxia}

Kimberella — The Oldest Radula (Not)

_{Günter Bechly
September 17, 2020

Evolution

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There is a strange fact that shows that any interpretation of these trace fossils has to be taken with a grain of salt. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 16, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Australia, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Ediacaran biota, Ediacaran organisms, feeding traces, fossils, Kimberella, Kimberella series, Kimberichnus, motility, mucus, scratch marks, sediments, White Sea}

Kimberella — Locomotory Tracks

_{Günter Bechly
September 16, 2020

Evolution

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But what about tracks of the moving animal? There are indeed some fossils from the White Sea. Read More ›

Kimberella quadrata with associated scratch marks

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 14, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Ediacaran biota, Ediacaran organisms, feeding apparatus, grazing, Kimberella, Kimberella series, Kimberichnus, locomotion, microbial mats, Russia, South Australia, teeth, trace fossils, White Sea}

Kimberella — Controversial Scratch Marks

_{Günter Bechly
September 14, 2020

Evolution

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A former teacher of mine was the late Adolf Seilacher, who was a leading authority on trace fossils and who for obvious reasons preferred to be called "Dolf." Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 10, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, bilaterian animals, body size, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Ediacaran organisms, fossil record, interpretation, Kimberella, Kimberella series, Metamorphosis, microbial mats, motility, Precambrian, sexual dimorphism, tissues, trace fossils}

Kimberella — Interpreting the Fossils

_{Günter Bechly
September 10, 2020

Evolution

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One of the few features that are uncontroversial is the body size: The fossils measure usually 1-5 cm in length. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 7, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, bilaterians, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Ediacaran Period, feeding traces, fossil record, Kimberella, Kimberella series, limpets, motility, Precambrian strata, taphonomy, trace fossils}

Kimberella — Conflicting Evidence from Taphonomy

_{Günter Bechly
September 7, 2020

Evolution, Paleontology

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The fossilization of Kimberella specimens was most likely based on rapid burial with sand during storm events. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 6, 2020

Categories
Ecology
Evolution
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Dickinsonia, ecosystem, Ediacaran biota, feeding traces, fossil record, jellyfish, Kimberella, Kimberella series}

Conflicting Views about Kimberella’s Ecology

_{Günter Bechly
September 6, 2020

Ecology, Evolution

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Based on the same fossil evidence, there is obviously much room for speculation and quite different opinions. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 4, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran biota, Ediacaran Period, holotype, jellyfish, Kimberella, Kimberella series, Mark McMenamin, mollusks, Precambrian strata, Tribrachidium, White Sea}

Kimberella — A Checkered History

_{Günter Bechly
September 4, 2020

Evolution

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John Kimber collected the first fossils of this organism and died tragically at age 38 during an expedition in South Australia in 1964. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 3, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, animal phyla, Bilateria, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darwin's Doubt, Ediacaran biota, Ediacaran Period, Eumetazoa, evidence, evolution, evolutionary biology, intelligent design, jellyfish, Kimberella, Kimberella series, Lophotrochozoa, Metazoa, molecular clock, mollusks}

Was Kimberella a Precambrian Mollusk?

_{Günter Bechly
September 3, 2020

Evolution

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If identified as an animal, it would “predate the Cambrian explosion of bilaterian animal phyla as a kind of ‘advance guard.’” Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
August 27, 2020

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, amino-acid sequences, atheism, ATP synthase, Australia, biological systems, Cambrian Explosion, coffee, DNA, explanatory filter, fossil record, improbability, information, intelligent design, Internet, Mount Rushmore, mutations, natural processes, presidents, proteins, rock, William A. Dembski, young people}

Here Is How to Teach Intelligent Design to Young People

_{Brian Miller
August 27, 2020

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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The first principle is helping participants discover the evidence for design themselves. Read More ›