Hyraxes Type post Author Günter Bechly Date January 13, 2023 CategoriesPaleontologyScience Tagged , __testing, Afrotheria, East Africa, Egypt, Fayum, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, George Gaylord Simpson, hyraxes, Paleogene, phylogenetics, scrotum, Tanzania Fossil Friday: Fossil Hyraxes and the Abrupt Origin of Hyracoidea Günter Bechly January 13, 2023 Paleontology, Science 15 Of course, it is only we “nitpicking” intelligent design proponents who point out such incongruences. Read More ›
Macroscelidea Type post Author Günter Bechly Date December 30, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionPaleontologyScience Tagged , Africa, Afrotheria, Belgium, Egypt, elephant shrews, Eocene, Fayum, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, living fossils, Madagascar, mammals, Namibia, Paleogene, Pleistocene Fossil Friday: Fossil Elephant Shrews and the Abrupt Origin of Macroscelidea Günter Bechly December 30, 2022 Evolution, Paleontology, Science 42 Elephant shrews are sometimes considered to be living fossils, and their origin is believed to go back 57.5 million years in the Paleocene. Read More ›
Aardvarks Type post Author Günter Bechly Date December 23, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionPaleontologyScience Tagged , aardvarks, Africa, ants, Darwinists, Egypt, Fayum, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, fossils, Kenya, living fossils, mammals, Miocene, paleontology, placental mammals, Pleistocene, termites, Tubulidentata, Uganda Fossil Friday: Miocene Aardvarks and the Abrupt Origin of Tubulidentata Günter Bechly December 23, 2022 Evolution, Paleontology, Science 10 So much about the congruence of anatomical and genetic similarity predicted by Darwin’s theory. Read More ›