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Fossil Friday (series)

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Photo credit: Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: Turtles All the Way Down

Contrary to the gradualistic expectations of Darwin’s theory, the distinct body plan of turtles appeared abruptly in the Late Triassic. Read More ›
silverfish
Photo credit: Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: New Kind of Silverfish Trapped in Sticky Resin

These incongruent or homoplastic characters are a notorious problem for phylogenetics and contradict the evolutionary prediction of a nested hierarchy. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: A Dead “Living Fossil”

Coelacanths are considered to be "living fossils," which do not sit well with Darwinian assumptions. Read More ›
Whip Spider
Photo: Whip spider, by Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: Whip Spider from the Lower Cretaceous

These fossiliferous limestones are about 115 million years old. In spite of this age the animal is not primitive in any way. Read More ›

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