Scandentia Type post Author Günter Bechly Date February 3, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionPaleontology Tagged , bats, Cretaceous Period, Darwinian theory, Early Eocene, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Late Paleocene, Myanmar, North America, Pakistan, Paleocene, Paleogene, paleontology, phylogenetics, Plesiadapiformes, primates, Thailand Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origins of Treeshrews (Scandentia) and Colugos (Dermoptera) Günter Bechly February 3, 2023 Evolution, Paleontology 59 Even as a paleontologist I admit that calling this a real scientific discipline seems like an insult to sciences like physics or chemistry or molecular biology. Read More ›
Purgatorius Type post Author Günter Bechly Date December 9, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignPaleontology Tagged , asteroid, bats, Canada, carnivores, Chicxulub impact, dinosaurs, Disney, Early Paleocene, elephants, Eocene, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, mammals, Montana, North America, paleoanthropology, Paleocene, Paleogene, Plesiadapiformes, primates, rodents, sirenians, Triceratops Fossil Friday: Purgatorius and the Abrupt Origin of Primates Günter Bechly December 9, 2022 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology 32 Primates not only appeared suddenly, but their different subgroups of lemurs, tarsier, and simians all appeared at about the same time. Read More ›