Tag: fossil record
The Human Fossil Record Lacks Intermediaries
The news media might be heavily biased toward evolution, but at least it is predictable.
Australopithecines and Retroactive Confessions of Ignorance
If a few teeth of intermediate size and shape make “the most complete chain of human evolution,” then the evidence for human evolution must be quite modest.
The Standard Story of Human Evolution: A Critical Look
Whatever Ardi was, everyone agrees the fossils was initially badly crushed and needed extensive reconstruction.
Do Fossils Demonstrate Human Evolution? Let’s Consider the Technical Literature
Far from “a nice clean example” of “gradualistic evolutionary change” that has “no gaps,” the fossil record shows a dramatic discontinuity.
Fossil Friday: Flowering Plants — Darwin’s Abominable Mystery
Flowering plants or angiosperms appear abruptly in the fossil record of the Lower Cretaceous (about 130 million years ago).