Ediacaran organisms – Christian Life Coaching Franklin Tennessee

30Dec 2023 by Post

No. 3 Story of 2023: Textbook Wisdom on Origin of Multicellular Life Turns Out to Be Wrong

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Incidentally, a few days ago I received a message from my paleobiologist colleague Dr. Ken Towe, a retired senior scientist at the Smithsonian Institution. Source

03May 2022 by Post

Fact Check: Hawaiian Silverswords Fail the Species Pair Challenge

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Even though the differences appear superficially striking, they do not involve any novel body plans (i.e., no new proteins, new tissues, or new organs). Source

01Jan 2022 by Post

Happy New Year! #1 Story of 2021: Cambrian Explosion Goes Nuclear

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Here are two very interesting updates to my recent articles on alleged Ediacaran animals and the Cambrian Explosion. Source

29Mar 2021 by Post

Evans et al. (2021): All Four Examples Debunked

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Evans et al. (2021) seem to have been well aware of the circular reasoning in their argument. Source

28Mar 2021 by Post

Unknown Biology of Trilobozoa

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Not much is known about the anatomy, biology, and ecology of the enigmatic trilobozoans. Source

23Mar 2021 by Post

Ediacarans Are Not Animals

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Even Evans et al. (2021) themselves admitt that "phylogenetic affinities for most of the Ediacara Biota remain enigmatic." Source

31Dec 2020 by Post

#2 Story of 2020: Kimberella Is No Solution to the Cambrian Conundrum

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None of the Cambrian animal phyla is represented in the Ediacaran fossil record. Source

21Sep 2020 by Post

Kimberella Is No Solution to the Cambrian Conundrum

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The fossil record speaks clearly and cries out loud: the history of life on Earth is a history of saltations. Source

15Sep 2020 by Post

Kimberella — Traces and a Trace-maker

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The body fossils are generally positioned at the focal points of the fan-shaped scratch marks. Source

12Sep 2020 by Post

Reconstructing Kimberella — The Disputed Anatomy in Detail

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Fossils often leave much room for very different interpretations of relatively poor evidence. Source

Category: Ediacaran organisms