Tag: Cambrian News
Sorry, Faster Mutation Rate Will Not Explain the Cambrian Explosion
The more mistakes, the likelier the collapse — not the successful construction of new complex body plans.
Finagling Molecular Clocks to Fit Darwinism
What good is a measurement device if you can stretch it or squeeze it to fit preconceived ideas?
Could This Be the Oldest Evidence Yet for Multicellular Eukaryotes?
Not least when it comes to evolutionary biology, science and science reporting could do with more skepticism.
“Settled Science” and the Cambrian Explosion — Geologists Weigh In
Yesterday we considered explanations of the Cambrian explosion in light of one of two new papers in the Geological Society of America Bulletin.
Geologists Kick Out Props for Evolutionary Theories of the Cambrian Explosion
Leading geology association undermines common stories about when and why complex animal body plans appeared in the fossil record.