chimera Type post Author Günter Bechly Date December 8, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignPaleontology Tagged , amber, Brazil, Burmese amber, Crato Formation, Darwinian evolution, dependency graph model, dragonflies, empirical data, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, insects, intelligent design, larvae, Natural History Museum, paleoentomology, Pegasus, phylogenetic systematics, phylogenetics, Stuttgart, stylets, Tübingen University, Willi Hennig, Winston Ewert Fossil Friday: Cretaceous Insect Chimera Illustrates a Design Principle Günter Bechly December 8, 2023 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology 6 Why does this fossil insect specimen have implications for intelligent design? The reason lies in the striking convergences it exhibits. Read More ›
Kimberella Type post Author Günter Bechly Date September 11, 2020 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , comb jelly, Ediacaran biota, fossils, gonads, jellyfish, Kimberella, Kimberella series, limpets, mantle, medusoid, molluscan radula, pharynx, proboscis, stylets, teeth, White Sea Kimberella — Four Phases of Interpretation Günter Bechly September 11, 2020 Evolution 6 In the quite checkered history of the detailed reconstruction of Kimberella, we can distinguish four distinct successive phases. Read More ›