Tag: paleontology
Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origin of Insectivore Mammals
We can conclude that Eulipotyphla appeared abruptly in the Paleocene about 66-61.7 million years ago.
Science or Science Fiction? Scientists Debate
Should some Netflix documentaries be labeled science fiction? Two are currently targeted by researchers in paleontology and archeology respectively.
Fossil Friday: Update on Cambrian Bryozoans
The authors emphasize that “the origin of the bryozoans remains a mystery” but explicitly confirm the reality of the Cambrian Explosion.
Convergent Evolution: An Argument That Comes at a Price
Rope Kojonen sees convergence as evidence that laws of form “play a significant role” in helping evolutionary processes cluster around similar solutions.
Fossil Friday: New Evidence Against Dinosaur Ancestry of Birds
Few hypotheses in evolutionary biology have become as popular among lay people as the postulated ancestry of birds from bipedal dinosaurs.