Category: Paleontology
Fossil Friday: Turtles All the Way Down
Contrary to the gradualistic expectations of Darwin’s theory, the distinct body plan of turtles appeared abruptly in the Late Triassic.
Species Pairs: A New Challenge to Evolutionary Theory
Far from being exceptions to the rule, species pairs, which have diverged very little over millions of years, are the rule.
Fossil Friday: New Kind of Silverfish Trapped in Sticky Resin
These incongruent or homoplastic characters are a notorious problem for phylogenetics and contradict the evolutionary prediction of a nested hierarchy.
Detected: Intelligent Designs in the Amazon Jungle
With LIDAR technology, the angle of incidence of a signal can reveal designs hiding in plain sight.
Fossil Friday: A Dead “Living Fossil”
Coelacanths are considered to be “living fossils,” which do not sit well with Darwinian assumptions.