Dickinsonia Type post Author Günter Bechly Date March 23, 2021 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , animals, Dickinsonia, Ediacara Biota, Ediacaran organisms, Ikaria, Kimberella, Metazoa, phyla, Placozoa, Precambrian House of Cards Series, Triradialomorpha Ediacarans Are Not Animals Günter Bechly March 23, 2021 Evolution 2 Even Evans et al. (2021) themselves admitt that "phylogenetic affinities for most of the Ediacara Biota remain enigmatic." Read More ›
Hoilungia-hongkongensis Type post Date August 15, 2018 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __k-review, acorn worms, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darwin's Doubt, Ediacaran Period, electrical current, evolution, Hong Kong, invertebrates, lancelets, mitochondrion, nervous system, neurons, Nobel Prize, phylum, Placozoa, plasticity, PLOS Biology, PNAS, sea urchins, starfish, synaptic transmission, tunicates, vertebrates Placozoa: An Evolutionary Leftover? Science and Culture August 15, 2018 Evolution 7 Simple, small, and worldwide in distribution, the placozoa don’t fit any clear evolutionary picture. Read More ›