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Ventral death-mask of Kimberella quadrata

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David Klinghoffer

Date
September 24, 2020

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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, animal phyla, Bilateria, bilaterians, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, creativity, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinists, Ediacaran Period, Günter Bechly, inventiveness, Kimberella, mollusk, precambrian fossils, professors, saltation, Stephen Meyer, students}

Bechly Series: No Ancestors for Cambrian Animals; Darwin’s Doubt Remains

_{David Klinghoffer
September 24, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I urge you to review this important series. Humbly place it at the feet of your favorite Darwinist, atheist, or theistic evolutionist. Read More ›

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Date
September 22, 2020

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Evolution
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, annelids, Anomalocaris, arthropods, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Chengjiang fossils, Darwinism, Darwinists, earthworms, Ediacaran organisms, Ediacaran Period, fossil record, Kimberella, microbes, paleontologists, Porifera, precambrian fossils, sponges}

A Bridge Too Far? In Search of Precambrian Sponges

_{Science & Culture
September 22, 2020

Evolution

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The most celebrated Precambrian sponge may not be a sponge at all. Watch Darwinians try to coax it into spongehood. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 21, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Avalon explosion, Big Bangs, Bilateria, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charnia, Cnidaria, comb jellies, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran biota, Ediacaran organisms, evolution, explosions, fossil record, intelligent design, Kimberella, Kimberella series, Lophotrochozoa, precambrian fossils, Richard Dawkins, saltations, Yilingia spiciformis}

Kimberella Is No Solution to the Cambrian Conundrum

_{Günter Bechly
September 21, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The fossil record speaks clearly and cries out loud: the history of life on Earth is a history of saltations. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 19, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, circulatory system, Cnidaria, Ediacaran fossils, evolution, feeding apparatus, feeding traces, fossils, Kimberella, Kimberella series, Kimberichnus, mollusks, movement, oxygenation, Paleobiology Database, Parvancorina, Precambrian, scratch marks}

Kimberella and Controversial Relationships — A Chronological Synopsis, Continued

_{Günter Bechly
September 19, 2020

Evolution

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One researchers has preferred to classify Kimberella among the Ediacaran "fossil problematica.” Read More ›

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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 12, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, burial, Cambrian News, digestive system, Ediacaran organisms, evolution, feeding apparatus, fossils, Kimberella, Kimberella series, mantle, Mikhail Fedonkin, mollusks, muscles, Ordovician Period, Parvancorina, proboscis, shells, teeth}

Reconstructing Kimberella — The Disputed Anatomy in Detail

_{Günter Bechly
September 12, 2020

Evolution

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Fossils often leave much room for very different interpretations of relatively poor evidence. 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 ›