Tag: shells

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Date
January 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, Ana Silva, bioRxiv, cell cleavage, chaetae, clades, cladogenesis, common ancestor, Current Biology, deuterostomes, embryologists, evolution, larval types, Max Telford, metazoans, paleontology, phyla, pre-publication MS, segmentation, shells, spiral cleavage, spiral pattern, Spiralia, superclade, synapomorphies, taxonomic category, textbooks, University College London, Waldemar Schleip, zoology}

Giving Up on the Branching Order of Spiralia: More Findings from Max Telford’s Group

_{Science & Culture
January 27, 2026

Evolution, Zoology

3}

The open agnosticism in this new MS is a short step away from throwing in the towel entirely, at an even more radical level. Read More ›

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post

Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, empirical data, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Harvard University, just-so stories, mammals, paleontology, reptiles, shells, skeletons, storytelling}

Fossil Friday: Study Debunks Textbook Wisdom on the Evolution of Mammalian Gait

_{Günter Bechly
September 8, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

3}

In other words: evolutionists make up fancy just-so stories that do not stand up to scrutiny when they are checked with actual empirical data. Read More ›

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post

Date
August 3, 2022

Categories
Geology
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, bones, carbon, exoplanets, James Webb Space Telescope, Mars, Mercury, meteorites, microbes, minerals, oxygen, Robert Hazen, shells, teeth}

Biominerals Could Predict Life on Exoplanets

_{Science & Culture
August 3, 2022

Geology, Physical Sciences, Science

4}

One-third of minerals — chemical solids whose atoms are highly ordered — are created directly or indirectly by life forms. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 18, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, brains, bryozoans, corals, crystals, Design Inference, diatoms, erosion, intelligent design, Live Science, minds, natural law, Quartz, sea urchins, shells, sponges, TED talk, William Blake, wind}

Applying the Design Filter to Biological Sands

_{David Coppedge
April 18, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

6}

If you look closely at beach sand, you may find some grains that stand out. They are shaped like spirals, stars, or striated cones. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 29, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, cats, crabs, Dogs, Emory University, emotions, evolution, Frans de Waal, intelligence, Nautilus, neuroscience, octopuses, pain, seafood, shells, squid}

Researchers Ask — Serious Question — Do Crabs Have Emotions?

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 29, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

Recent research has created some unexpected ethical problems for the seafood industry. Read More ›

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post

Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 12, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, burial, Cambrian News, digestive system, Ediacaran organisms, evolution, feeding apparatus, fossils, Kimberella, Kimberella series, mantle, Mikhail Fedonkin, mollusks, muscles, Ordovician Period, Parvancorina, proboscis, shells, teeth}

Reconstructing Kimberella — The Disputed Anatomy in Detail

_{Günter Bechly
September 12, 2020

Evolution

18}

Fossils often leave much room for very different interpretations of relatively poor evidence. Read More ›

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post

Date
September 11, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Andrew Knoll, biomineralization, Burgess Shale, calcium carbonate, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, Chengjiang fossils, circular reasoning, convergent evolution, Darwinism, evo-devo, Greenland, molecular clocks, New Scientist, On the Origin of Species, Ordovician Period, Oxford University, PNAS, shells, Stephen Meyer, thermodynamics, trilobites}

To Solve a (Cambrian) Problem: Declare It Solved!

_{Science & Culture
September 11, 2019

Evolution

8}

Frustrated by abrupt appearance, some evolutionists are simply declaring that there is no problem with the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›

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Date
June 19, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, animal kingdom, arthropods, Australia, bilaterians, body plans, California, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, China, Current Biology, evolution, fireflies, Flight, fossil record, genome sequencing, Greenland, oxygen, phylogeny, Precambrian, shells, trilobites, Tyrannosaurus rex, University of Queensland}

Explaining Animals: A Random Walk

_{Science & Culture
June 19, 2019

Evolution

8}

To see what evolutionists are up against, read about a giant trilobite found in Australia. Read More ›