Kimberella quadrata Type post Author Günter Bechly Date September 18, 2020 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , Bilateria, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Ediacaran organisms, fossil record, gonads, intelligent design, Kimberella, Kimberella series, limpets, Lophotrochozoa, medusoid, Mollusca, monoplacophorans, Odontogriphus, scratch marks, Simon Conway Morris, Solza, tentacles, Wiwaxia Kimberella and Controversial Relationships — A Chronological Synopsis Günter Bechly September 18, 2020 Evolution 12 It is remarkable, indeed, how detailed a medusoid morphology was projected onto Kimberella fossils and later recognized as pure fantasy. Read More ›
Kimberella Type post Author Günter Bechly Date September 11, 2020 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , comb jelly, Ediacaran biota, fossils, gonads, jellyfish, Kimberella, Kimberella series, limpets, mantle, medusoid, molluscan radula, pharynx, proboscis, stylets, teeth, White Sea Kimberella — Four Phases of Interpretation Günter Bechly September 11, 2020 Evolution 6 In the quite checkered history of the detailed reconstruction of Kimberella, we can distinguish four distinct successive phases. Read More ›
Kimberella Type post Author Günter Bechly Date September 7, 2020 CategoriesEvolutionPaleontology Tagged , animals, bilaterians, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Chengjiang, Ediacaran Period, feeding traces, fossil record, Kimberella, Kimberella series, limpets, Maotianshan Shales, motility, Precambrian strata, taphonomy, trace fossils Kimberella — Conflicting Evidence from Taphonomy Günter Bechly September 7, 2020 Evolution, Paleontology 3 The fossilization of Kimberella specimens was most likely based on rapid burial with sand during storm events. Read More ›
DSC_0492 Type post Author Robert F. Shedinger Date July 28, 2020 CategoriesEvolutionScience Education Tagged , August Weismann, bacterial infection, Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Brian K. Hall, Charles Darwin, Costa Rica, fairy tales, fish, limpets, multicellular organisms, natural selection, rainforest, sea floor, snakes, Strickberger’s Evolution The Fairy Tale World of an Evolution Textbook Robert Shedinger July 28, 2020 Evolution, Science Education 7 Endothermy may have advantages over ectothermy, but I wouldn’t advise taking your chances by picking up a poisonous snake. Read More ›
Type post Date November 2, 2018 CategoriesIntelligent DesignLife Sciences Tagged , __k-review, ATP, Cataglyphis fortis, Current Biology, Darwin's tree, dependency graph, desert ant, fruit flies, GPS, ID the Future, intelligent design, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, limpets, Max Planck Institute, memory, muscle, Nature (journal), New Zealand, penguins, PLOS ONE, PNAS, University of Otago, wildebeest, Winston Ewert Ants, Wildebeest, Penguins, and More: A Zoo of Animal Designs Science and Culture November 2, 2018 Intelligent Design, Life Sciences 8 Don’t kick sand in the face of a wildebeest by joking that it looks like it was made by a committee. It might flex its muscles and charge. Read More ›
