Tag: amniotes
Fossil Friday: A Dinosaur Feather and an Overhyped New Study on the Origin of Feathers
Feathers, which are the most complex integumental structures known in the animal kingdom, without doubt required coordinated changes in numerous genes.
Balance: Bipeds Need It; Where Did It Come From?
“The calyx appeared,” says Dr. Rob Raphael. A more magical explanation could hardly be fabricated.
Peer-Reviewed Paper Shows Vertebrate Embryonic Variation Contradicts Common Ancestry
Evolutionary biologists often argue that vertebrate embryos develop in highly similar manners, reflecting their common ancestry.
Dave Farina Criticizes Intelligent Design but Doesn’t Understand It
Boom! There goes the “exquisitely documented” evolution of turtles. Sorry, Professor Dave.
“Living Fossil”? Maybe. Tuatara Genome Is Now Sequenced and Published
The tuatara genome is 5GB, making it enormous relative to other vertebrates — and full of surprises.