Tag: Eocene
Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origin of Butterflies
This phenomenon could rightfully be called a Tertiary Butterfly Explosion analogous to the Cambrian Explosion of animal phyla.
Fossil Friday: Sea Cows and the Abrupt Origin of Sirenia and Desmostylia
So, is every thing OK with Darwinism after all? No so fast. Actually, there are some problems that do not square well with a Darwinian scenario.
Fossil Friday: Golden Moles and the Abrupt Origin of Afrosoricida
Should we draw any conclusions from such consistent empirical failures of a theory?
Fossil Friday: Fossil Elephant Shrews and the Abrupt Origin of Macroscelidea
Elephant shrews are sometimes considered to be living fossils, and their origin is believed to go back 57.5 million years in the Paleocene.
Fossil Friday: Purgatorius and the Abrupt Origin of Primates
Primates not only appeared suddenly, but their different subgroups of lemurs, tarsier, and simians all appeared at about the same time.