Tag: fossil record
Abstract: Lönnig on Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery”
All orders and families of the angiosperms appear abruptly in the fossil record (the same for most lower systematic categories).
Yes, the Punctuated Equilibrium Model Was Developed to Explain the Lack of Transitional Fossils
Why would Eldredge and Gould propose such a model? Because they knew the data showed that potential transitional fossils are an extreme rarity.
#3 Story of 2021: In Mainstream Journal, ID Theorists on “Waiting Time” Problem for Coordinated Mutations
The paper is authored by three key scientists in the intelligent design (ID) research program: Ola Hössjer, Günter Bechly, Ann Gauger.
#4 Story of 2021: Human Origins Research Is a Big Mess
Considering the number of fossils attributed to the human lineage, an absence of such fossils for the great African ape lineages raises an obvious suspicion.
Was Spriggina an Evolutionary Ancestor of Arthropods?
For those wedded to an evolutionary interpretation of life’s history, the fossil and genetic evidence leave the origin of arthropods a major mystery.