Tag: teeth
Kimberella — Controversial Scratch Marks
A former teacher of mine was the late Adolf Seilacher, who was a leading authority on trace fossils and who for obvious reasons preferred to be called “Dolf.”
Reconstructing Kimberella — The Disputed Anatomy in Detail
Fossils often leave much room for very different interpretations of relatively poor evidence.
Kimberella — Four Phases of Interpretation
In the quite checkered history of the detailed reconstruction of Kimberella, we can distinguish four distinct successive phases.
Teeth, Mollusks: Design in Biominerals
The subject of biomineralization also allows comparing the explanatory power of design over Darwinian evolution.
Porcupine Quills and Other Examples of Nature’s Foresight
A newborn porcupine passes through its mother’s birth canal without causing her any injuries. How?