24Nov 2023 by Post

Fossil Friday: Cambrian Bryozoa Come and Go

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This is a field that often has more in common with the interpretation of inkblots in Rorschach tests than with hard science. Source
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26Oct 2023 by Post

Why Evolutionary Biologists Are “Fatigued” by Darwin

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Says Stephen Meyer, “The neo-Darwinian math is itself showing that the neo-Darwinian mechanism cannot build complex adaptations." Source
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03Aug 2022 by Post

Complex Specified Information in the Lowly Sponge

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Sponges are outliers in biology’s big bang, the Cambrian explosion. Their embryos appear in Precambrian strata, leading some to consider them primitive. Source
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21Oct 2020 by Post

Scientific Paper Reaffirms New Genes Required for Cambrian Explosion

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The notion that many genes would be required for the Cambrian explosion may seem unsurprising — what is surprising is that anyone would challenge the idea. Source
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