Category: Paleontology
Fossil Friday: Dragonfly from the Upper Jurassic
Almost everything in the wonderful construction of dragonflies cries out for a design explanation.
Could We Ever Recover Dinosaur DNA?
There have been a number of unexpected finds from dinosaurs besides bones; some paleontologists dig hopefully.
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.