Whole_chitinozoan_cropped Type post Author Günter Bechly Date October 18, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionPaleontology Tagged , animal phyla, asexual reproduction, Cambrian Explosion, chitin, Early Cambrian, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, great Ordovician biodiversification event, microfossils, protists, Silurian Period, single-celled organisms, sudden appearance, Sweden, transitional fossils Fossil Friday: Chitinozoa — Enigmatic Microfossils from the Paleozoic Era Günter Bechly October 18, 2024 Evolution, Paleontology 7 We may now add the mysterious Chitinozoa to this ever-growing list of products of the burst of biological creativity in the Early Cambrian. Read More ›
Kimberella Type post Author Günter Bechly Date September 19, 2020 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, circulatory system, Cnidaria, Ediacaran fossils, evolution, feeding apparatus, feeding traces, fossils, Kimberella, Kimberella quadrata, Kimberella series, Kimberellomorpha, Kimberichnus, mollusks, movement, oxygenation, Paleobiology Database, Parvancorina, Precambrian, radula, scratch marks, Silurian Period, Solza Kimberella and Controversial Relationships — A Chronological Synopsis, Continued Günter Bechly September 19, 2020 Evolution 13 One researchers has preferred to classify Kimberella among the Ediacaran "fossil problematica.” Read More ›
600px-Caspar_David_Friedrich_-_Wanderer_above_the_sea_of_fog Type post Author Paul Nelson Date August 30, 2018 CategoriesEvolutionMetaphysics Tagged , __k-review, Charles Darwin, evidence, evolution, harmony, hypothesis, intelligent design, materialism, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, science, Silurian Period, Thomas Henry Huxley, vision Darwin’s Rhapsody Paul Nelson August 30, 2018 Evolution, Metaphysics 3 “Evolution” in its deepest sense is a foundational metaphysical commitment, not a scientific theory that one could test. Read More ›
