Cambrian Bryozoa Type post Author Günter Bechly Date November 24, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionPaleontology Tagged , bilaterians, body plans, Bryozoa, Cambrian animals, Cambrian Explosion, chordates, evolution, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, great Ordovician biodiversification event, green algae, invertebrates, Lower Cambrian, metazoans, microCT, molecular clock studies, moss animals, Nevada, Ohio, paleontology, South China, tentacles Fossil Friday: Cambrian Bryozoa Come and Go Günter Bechly November 24, 2023 Evolution, Paleontology 10 This is a field that often has more in common with the interpretation of inkblots in Rorschach tests than with hard science. Read More ›
Sphaerechinus granularis Type post Author Paul Nelson Date February 21, 2023 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionIntelligent DesignPhilosophy Tagged , acorn worms, anus, Biological Reviews, chordates, Deuterostomia, echinoderms, embryology, evolution, gills, Harvard University, hemichordates, mouth, phylogeny, sea urchins, Smithsonian Institution, spines, University of Oklahoma, worms A Remarkably Candid Statement About an Unsolved Evolutionary Puzzle Paul Nelson February 21, 2023 Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy 3 According to current systematic theory, everyone reading this right now belongs to the taxonomic category Deuterostomia. Read More ›
Rhenocystis Type post Author Günter Bechly Date September 16, 2022 CategoriesAnatomyPaleontologyScience Tagged , chordates, Darwinism, Devonian Period, echinoderms, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, genitals, Germany, Henry Gee, homology, Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), paleontology, Paleozoic, tunicates, vertebrates Fossil Friday: Rhenocystis and the Controversial Calcichordate Hypothesis Günter Bechly September 16, 2022 Anatomy, Paleontology, Science 11 It looks a bit like a tadpole with body and tail, and this indeed points towards one of the great scientific controversies of the 20th century. Read More ›
Nectocaris Type post Author Günter Bechly Date September 2, 2022 CategoriesBiologyPaleontologyScience Tagged , animal phyla, Anomalocaris, body plans, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Carboniferous Period, cephalopods, chordates, Emu Bay Shale, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Lophotrochozoa, Macquarie University, molluscs, new york, paleontology, Simon Conway Morris, squid, stem group Fossil Friday: Nectocaris, the Impossible Squid Günter Bechly September 2, 2022 Biology, Paleontology, Science 11 Paleontology sometimes seems like a kind of imaginative Rorschach test with the flattened fauna of roadkill. Read More ›
Print Type post Author Günter Bechly Date September 12, 2018 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, annelids, arthropods, bird feathers, birds, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cancer theory, causation, Charles Marshall, chordates, clades, compound eyes, correlation, Günter Bechly, insects, Jordi Paps, mammals, mollusks, Neo-Darwinism, oxygen theory, Richard Dawkins, slime theory, Stephen Meyer, tetrapods, The Greatest Show on Earth, theistic evolution, University of Bristol Ignoring Other Research, New Study Explains (Away) the Origin of New Body Plans Günter Bechly September 12, 2018 Evolution, Intelligent Design 7 Recently, a team of British paleontologists added a new pseudo-explanation. Read More ›