Tag: Darwin’s Dilemma
Are Tardigrades "a Head" of Arthropods?
The mysterious “water bears” long defied evolutionary classification. Now some say they are degenerate arthropods.
Lizard Wizardry: Gecko Popcorn and Chameleon Crystals
Are "evolutionary novelties" in the lizard family derivable from a simpler chordate in the Cambrian?
Problem 5: Abrupt Appearance of Species in the Fossil Record Does Not Support Darwinian Evolution
The origin of whales has been called a “poster child for macroevolution.”
A New Worm from the Cambrian Highlights Darwin’s Dilemma
Filling in “missing links” is, at least in pop science terms, something we associate with evolutionary problems that have been solved. That’s the opposite of the case here.
Nature Paper Removes Enigmatic Ediacaran Fossils from the Ancestry of Cambrian Explosion Animals
It’s been a rough season for Precambrian animal fossils.