Category: Paleontology
Fossil Friday: The Vindhyan Controversy and Debunking Alleged Ediacaran and Cambrian Fossils
The fancy speculations about the evolution of multicellular life and early animals turned out to be just smoke and mirrors.
How the Caterpillar Got Its Legs…Or Not
Almost 400 years after its discovery, the process of metamorphosis is still a thorny conundrum for evolutionary biologists.
Fossil Friday: Chronospecies, a Sinking Ship
The concept of chronospecies in paleontology was introduced by George (1956) for the naming of successive species in a single evolving lineage.
Human Origins and the Beginning of Art
There is now evidence of something like artwork among several ancient human types, not just Neanderthals. Thus, an academic controversy has arisen.
Were Neanderthals Religious?
We can’t poll long-dead Neanderthals on life, death, and the hereafter but the evidence we’ve dug up suggests they were thinking about that kind of thing.