Tag: Fossil Friday
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.
#6 Story of 2022: Megalodon and Intelligent Design in Sharks
Megalodon was a specialized apex predator and fed mainly on large baleen whales.
Fossil Friday: Miocene Aardvarks and the Abrupt Origin of Tubulidentata
So much about the congruence of anatomical and genetic similarity predicted by Darwin’s theory.
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.
Fossil Friday: Is Triassic Angiosperm-Like Pollen a Solution to Darwin’s Abominable Mystery?
There is one remaining issue to address, which is palynology, the science of fossil pollen.