Glires Type post Author Günter Bechly Date February 10, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionPaleontology Tagged , beavers, China, Cretaceous, Dan Graur, Darwinism, Early Paleocene, East Asia, Euarchontoglires, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, guinea pigs, mammals, mice, molecular clock studies, Mongolia, Nebraska, Oligocene, Paleocene, PaleoDB, placental mammals, rabbits, rats, rodents, squirrels, stratigraphy Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origins of Lagomorphs and Rodents Günter Bechly February 10, 2023 Evolution, Paleontology 60 Molecular biologist Dan Graur mentioned his weird idea that guinea pigs are not rodents at a lecture at my university in Tübingen when I was still a student. Read More ›
Purgatorius Type post Author Günter Bechly Date December 9, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignPaleontology Tagged , asteroid, bats, Canada, carnivores, Chicxulub impact, dinosaurs, Disney, Early Paleocene, elephants, Eocene, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, mammals, Montana, North America, paleoanthropology, Paleocene, Paleogene, Plesiadapiformes, primates, rodents, sirenians, Triceratops Fossil Friday: Purgatorius and the Abrupt Origin of Primates Günter Bechly December 9, 2022 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology 32 Primates not only appeared suddenly, but their different subgroups of lemurs, tarsier, and simians all appeared at about the same time. Read More ›