Tag: Porifera

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 23, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, ambulacrarians, bilaterian animals, bilaterians, biological information, Cambrian Explosion, China, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Darwin’s Doubt, Douglas Erwin, Ediacaran Period, evolutionary mechanisms, fossil record, genes, genetic information, Günter Bechly, Hemichordata, homoplasy, paleontology, phyla, Porifera, precambrian fossils, Science (journal), Scientific American, Stephen Meyer, The Conversation}

The Prescient Günter Bechly: New Paper Doesn’t Negate the Cambrian Explosion

_{Casey Luskin
April 23, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology

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Let’s consider the fossils the paper identifies as appearing in the Ediacaran but that belong to phyla previously known to appear first in the Cambrian. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australia, bioRxiv, Bryozoa, bryozoans, Cambrian Explosion, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinists, evolution, evolutionary biologists, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, great Ordovician biodiversification event, green algae, Metazoa, ontogeny, paleontology, Porifera, sponges, Stephen Meyer}

Fossil Friday: Update on Cambrian Bryozoans

_{Günter Bechly
January 12, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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The authors emphasize that “the origin of the bryozoans remains a mystery” but explicitly confirm the reality of the Cambrian Explosion. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 26, 2023

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Chengjiang fossils, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinism, Ediacaran Period, evolution, fossil record, horseshoe crabs, intelligent design, Live Science, Marble Canyon, Morocco, National Science Foundation, Ordovician Period, PNAS, Porifera, Precambrian strata, Return of the God Hypothesis, sponges, Stephen Meyer, Vernanimalcula}

Evolutionists Spin the Cambrian Explosion — But Alas, All in Vain

_{David Coppedge
July 26, 2023

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Fossils are great; the more the better. Experience from spectacular discoveries assures us that no surprises will change Charles Darwin's own cause for doubt. Read More ›

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Date
September 22, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, annelids, Anomalocaris, arthropods, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Chengjiang fossils, Darwinism, Darwinists, earthworms, Ediacaran organisms, Ediacaran Period, fossil record, Kimberella, microbes, paleontologists, Porifera, precambrian fossils, sponges}

A Bridge Too Far? In Search of Precambrian Sponges

_{Science & Culture
September 22, 2020

Evolution

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The most celebrated Precambrian sponge may not be a sponge at all. Watch Darwinians try to coax it into spongehood. Read More ›

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Date
November 27, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cilia, Cnidaria, comb jellies, crabs, crustaceans, Ctenophora, ctenophores, Current Biology, Darwin's Black Box, fossil record, honeycomb, jellyfish, lobsters, Michael Behe, mollusks, nacre, Porifera, Precambrian, shrimp, Swansea University, The Edge of Evolution, Tohoku University, University of Michigan}

Design in the First Animals

_{Science & Culture
November 27, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Scientists debate whether ctenophores are the earliest animals to appear in the Cambrian explosion. If so, they arrived with multiple tissues, a nervous system, and a digestive system. Read More ›