Tag: Simon Conway Morris
Lukas Ruegger on the “Ediacaran Explosion”— No Solution to the Cambrian Puzzle
Ruegger is the personable new intelligent design “explainer” whose videos take an approach similar to Khan Academy’s, but better.
Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Homology
The spines of Australian echidnas and North American porcupines are remarkably similar.
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.
Repentant Biology Journal Offers a Weak Rebuttal to Its Own Pro-ID Fine-Tuning Paper
The authors close by quoting Carl Sagan’s famous adage that “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Do they offer that kind of evidence?
Kimberella and Controversial Relationships — A Chronological Synopsis
It is remarkable, indeed, how detailed a medusoid morphology was projected onto Kimberella fossils and later recognized as pure fantasy.