Tag: Cambrian News

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 20, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, air bladder, animals, beach, beachcombing, bilaterian animals, brown algae, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, convergent evolution, Ediacaran biota, Ediacaran fossils, evolutionary theory, fauna, flora, fossil-hunting, fossils, hemichordate worms, holdfast, kelp, kelp stipe, Kingdom Protista, Margaretia dorus, Pacific Northwest, paleontology, plants, Precambrian strata, protists, rock hammer, Science (journal), tide-pooling, Western Washington}

Beach Stroll Casts Further Doubt on Some Supposed Ediacaran Bilaterian Fossils

_{Casey Luskin
April 20, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology

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In one instance I found a kelp on the beach with its holdfast still nicely attached. A photo of it is at the top. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 20, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
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

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I suspect the bilaterian nature of this “most numerous” fossil will be challenged as more studies come out. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 23, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Ann Gauger, asteroids, biological complexity, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, chemists, comets, glass, lightning, mind, origin of life, oxygen, paint, Paul Nelson, science, screws, starting pistol, UV light, volcanoes}

Here We Go Again: For Complex Life, Just Add Fertilizer

_{David Coppedge
January 23, 2026

Evolution, Origin of Life

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You may have all the ingredients you want, in the right quantities, but without a builder, nothing functionally complex will emerge. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 3, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, arthropods, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, China, Early Cambrian, Ediacaran Period, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, marine invertebrates, paleontology, phylogenetic analysis, South China, tardigrades}

Fossil Friday: Kinorhyncha, Yet Another Animal Body Plan from the Cambrian Explosion

_{Günter Bechly
May 3, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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The earliest kinorhynchs were more complex than modern ones. So much for the evolutionary narrative from simple to complex. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 30, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Avalon explosion, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darwin's Doubt, Ediacaran biota, Ediacaran organisms, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, oxygen, Precambrian, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer}

No. 3 Story of 2023: Textbook Wisdom on Origin of Multicellular Life Turns Out to Be Wrong

_{Günter Bechly
December 30, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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Incidentally, a few days ago I received a message from my paleobiologist colleague Dr. Ken Towe, a retired senior scientist at the Smithsonian Institution. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 28, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Cambrian News, David A. Hullender, Elsevier, evolution, Evolution News, genome, Krebs cycle, microevolution, Modern Synthesis, mutations, Neo-Darwinism, Olen R. Brown, On the Origin of Species, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Research, selection, South Africa}

No. 5 Story of 2023: Peer-Reviewed Paper Finds “Neo-Darwinism Must Mutate to Survive”

_{Casey Luskin
December 28, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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They conclude, “There is something besides mutations and survival of the fittest needed to explain evolution.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 17, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, China, Darwin's Dilemma, Ernst Haeckel, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Lower Cambrian, Middle Triassic, Mongolia, Namibia, Precambrian, protists, Richard Dawkins, snowball Earth, The Greatest Show on Earth, Upper Triassic, zooplankton}

Fossil Friday: Protists Add to the Cambrian Explosion

_{Günter Bechly
November 17, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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Not even the tiniest and most abundant organisms seem to confirm the gradualist predictions of Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 24, 2023

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, annelids, antennae, bacteria, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Cambrian Period, China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Colorado State University, crustaceans, earthworms, eyes, fishing, food, GUT, legs, Michael Denton, muscles, NASA, nerves, Penn State, Privileged Species, roundworms, soil, termites, worms}

Hidden Service Animals: Earthworms Are Only the Beginning

_{David Coppedge
October 24, 2023

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Soil biodiversity is still a black box. Some scientists are beginning to explore the global underground that services the health of plants and animals. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 1, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Avalon explosion, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darwin's Doubt, Ediacaran biota, Ediacaran organisms, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, oxygen, Precambrian, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer}

Fossil Friday: Seventy Years of Textbook Wisdom on Origin of Multicellular Life Turns Out to Be Wrong

_{Günter Bechly
September 1, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

12}

Incidentally, a few days ago I received a message from my paleobiologist colleague Dr. Ken Towe, a retired senior scientist at the Smithsonian Institution. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Avalon explosion, body plans, brains, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Cnidaria, cnidarians, Darwin's House of Cards, Darwinian theory, evolution, Fire-Maker, Graham Budd, intelligent design, jellyfish, Michael Denton, Nevada, oxygen, reactive oxygen species, Royal Ontario Museum, Science (journal), textbooks, Tom Bethell, University of Copenhagen}

From Bad to Worse for Darwinism, as New Cambrian Explosion Finds Arrive

_{David Coppedge
August 17, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Less time and more complexity are compressed into an impossible challenge for evolution. Read More ›