Tag: phylogenetic systematics

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, ancestors, ancestral species, Asian elephant, canids, chronospecies, cladistics, common descent, Darwinism, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, microevolution, phylogenetic systematics, Pleistocene, Pliocene, species-to-species transitions, stem group, technical literature, Willi Hennig, wolves}

Fossil Friday: Direct Fossil Ancestors of Living Species?

_{Günter Bechly
March 8, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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Willi Hennig, the founder of phylogenetic systematics (cladistics), recognized that finding and demonstrating direct ancestors would be a very hard task. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 8, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, amber, Brazil, Burmese amber, Crato Formation, Darwinian evolution, dependency graph model, dragonflies, empirical data, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, insects, intelligent design, larvae, Natural History Museum, paleoentomology, Pegasus, phylogenetic systematics, phylogenetics, Stuttgart, stylets, Tübingen University, Willi Hennig, Winston Ewert}

Fossil Friday: Cretaceous Insect Chimera Illustrates a Design Principle

_{Günter Bechly
December 8, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Why does this fossil insect specimen have implications for intelligent design? The reason lies in the striking convergences it exhibits. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 16, 2022

Categories
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Afrotheria, America, Antarctica, anteaters, Argentina, armadillos, clades, Darwinists, Early Eocene, megafauna, molecular clock, Natural History Museum of Vienna, New World, Patagonia, phylogenetic systematics, placental mammals, Pleistocene, primates, sloths, Tubulidentata, Xenarthra}

Fossil Friday: The Giant Armadillo Glyptodon and the Abrupt Origin of Xenarthrans

_{Günter Bechly
December 16, 2022

Paleontology, Science

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Should we dare to consider the possibility that something is wrong with the Darwinist assumptions? Heaven forbid! Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 24, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, animals, Cambrian Period, cladistics, Darwinian evolution, Ediacaran biota, Evans et al. (2021), fossil record, phylogenetic systematics, Precambrian House of Cards Series, sea floor, Tribrachidium, Tribrachidium heraldicum, Trilobozoa}

The Enigmatic Tribrachidium and Trilobozoa

_{Günter Bechly
March 24, 2021

Evolution

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Trilobozoans are unique to the Ediacaran biota; they appeared suddenly 560 million-years-ago in the fossil record without any precursors. Read More ›