Tag: protists
Walking Cells and Other Surprises Among Protists — An Evolutionary Challenge
That many show no clear phylogenetic connection with other microbes, and may contain unique morphological structures, poses a severe challenge to Darwinism.
Fossil Friday: Protists Add to the Cambrian Explosion
Not even the tiniest and most abundant organisms seem to confirm the gradualist predictions of Darwinian evolution.
Fossil Friday: Eozoön, the Dawn Animal Fallen from Grace
In modern paleontology it is still a very common phenomenon that fossils are over-interpreted by the scientists and over-hyped in the media.
Compact Factory Optimizes Shape for Efficiency — A New Level of Intelligent Design in Life
A microbe was found to organize its electron transport machinery in a way that bends the membrane for optimum energy utilization.
Dreaming Spiders? My Disagreement with Michael Egnor
Rapid eye movement may indicate neural activity, but dreaming for me implies a conscious awareness of the dream state, which I consider as unlikely in spiders.