Museo_di_storia_naturale_Florence_-_Canis_etruscus_2_white_background Type post Author Günter Bechly Date March 8, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionPaleontology 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 6 Willi Hennig, the founder of phylogenetic systematics (cladistics), recognized that finding and demonstrating direct ancestors would be a very hard task. Read More ›
Megalodon Type post Author Günter Bechly Date December 27, 2022 CategoriesBiologyIntelligent DesignPaleontology Tagged , Adrianus Kalmjin, ampullae of Lorenzini, chondrichthyans, chondrocranium, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, great white shark, Illustra Media, intelligent design, jaws, Living Waters, mako shark, megalodon, Miocene, Morgan River, paleontology, Pliocene, sea floor, sediments, sharks, South Carolina, superpredators, tabloid journalists, teeth, vertebral column, vertebrates, whales #6 Story of 2022: Megalodon and Intelligent Design in Sharks Günter Bechly December 27, 2022 Biology, Intelligent Design, Paleontology 6 Megalodon was a specialized apex predator and fed mainly on large baleen whales. Read More ›
Megalodon Type post Author Günter Bechly Date August 26, 2022 CategoriesBiologyIntelligent DesignScience Tagged , Adrianus Kalmjin, ampullae of Lorenzini, chondrichthyans, chondrocranium, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, great white shark, Illustra Media, intelligent design, jaws, Living Waters, mako shark, megalodon, Miocene, Morgan River, paleontology, Pliocene, sea floor, sediments, sharks, South Carolina, superpredators, tabloid journalists, teeth, vertebral column, vertebrates, whales Fossil Friday: Megalodon and Intelligent Design in Sharks Günter Bechly August 26, 2022 Biology, Intelligent Design, Science 6 Megalodon was a specialized apex predator and fed mainly on large baleen whales. Read More ›