Design on Time — Paley’s Watch Was Inside Him

Watches are everywhere on the heath. Look up, look down, look inside; biology runs on time. Source Read More Evolution News

Kimberella — Locomotory Tracks

But what about tracks of the moving animal? There are indeed some fossils from the White Sea. Source Read More Evolution News

Using Bonobos to Bash Human Exceptionalism

As podcaster Scott Adams would say, there is simply no “payday” for these people in recognizing what makes us, as humans, unique. Source Read More Evolution News

Kimberella — Traces and a Trace-maker

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

Doctor’s Diary: No “Butts” About It

An anthropologist writes that the evolution of bipedal-walking primates was primarily caused by the shifting of select bones and muscles in the pelvis. Source Read More Evolution News

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.” Source Read…

Tour, Meyer: Some Very Hard Problems Facing Origin-of-Life Research

The problems range from the extreme improbabilities associated with protein assembly, to what precisely has gone missing in the nanosecond when a cell dies. Source Read More Evolution News

Why Should a Baby Live?

My title is adapted from a 2012 article by two philosophers, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva. Source Read More Evolution News

Human Blood Flow — A Darwinian Explanation?

Physician Howard Glicksman explains the hugely complex blood flow systems required to keep us clear-headed and alive. Source Read More Evolution News

Reconstructing Kimberella — The Disputed Anatomy in Detail

Fossils often leave much room for very different interpretations of relatively poor evidence. Source Read More Evolution News

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