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Platypus genome is sequenced
And now we have to put up with newspapers calling the platypus “part bird.” PZ Myers at Pharyngula lets off a little steam in his intro to the platypus genome: Over and over again, the ne… more »
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Emerging news of Debbie Argue's cladistic analysis of Homo floresiensis
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Kambiz Kamrani wrote 4 weeks ago: According to these press reports, Debbie Argue, of the Australian National University’s School … more »
Chimeras in palaeontology
David Hone wrote 1 month ago: I have always been a fan of Roman and especially Greek mythology and especially the mythical monster … more »
The principle of parsimony in science
David Hone wrote 1 month ago: The principle of parsimony (also known as Ockham’s Razor) is a fundamental aspect of science, yet … more »
Platypus genome is sequenced
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monado wrote 2 months ago: And now we have to put up with newspapers calling the platypus “part bird.” PZ Myers at … more »
A cladistic analysis of 17 hominid skulls
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Kambiz Kamrani wrote 2 months ago: So, I got my hands on that mouth watering Nature paper I mentioned a couple days ago. It is titled, … more »
New phylum for funny little worm
monado wrote 1 year ago: This worm is so different from everyone else we know that it merits its own phylum. Just to be clear … more »
The Ancestor’s Tale
monado wrote 1 year ago: I’m finally reading this Richard Dawkins opus. The language is a bit too convoluted, a bit too … more »
Notes from the Flying Dinosaurs exhibit
monado wrote 2 years ago: OK, I know it was “Feather’d Dinosaurs.” But “Flying Dinosaurs” sounds … more »
Wacky creationist news: photo of "live dinosaur"
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monado wrote 2 years ago: For some unknown reason, creationists seem to think that finding a living dinosaur would undo all re … more »
Oldest bilateral embryos
monado wrote 2 years ago: This story, from February 1998, reports on fossil embryos 570,000,000 years old. They are microfoss … more »
Genetics and Systematics notes
monado wrote 2 years ago: I had fun looking through these course outlines by Dr. Stephen M. Carr at Memorial University of New … more »
New Archaeopteryx link to therapod dinosaurs
monado wrote 2 years ago: P. Z. Myers says Science has published a description of a new specimen of Archaeopteryx, the best pr … more »
Feather evolution: "The proof is in the plumage"
monado wrote 3 years ago: This article from 2001 shows beautifully detailed fossils of a feathered dinosaur that was not built … more »
Pop Science Journalists Cause Mental Anguish
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Nimravid wrote 3 months ago: ABOUT A MONTH ago I reported on a better-resolution metazoan tree of life. This week the article ca … more »
Understanding Evolutionary Trees
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Nimravid wrote 4 months ago: EVOLUTIONARY TREES will show up fairly frequently here, and are also frequently misunderstood, so I … more »
The Metazoan Tree of Life Improved
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Nimravid wrote 4 months ago: IN THE PAST few years there has been some acrimony regarding the division of the protostomes into Lo … more »
The Term "Mammal-Like Reptiles" Enrages Me
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Nimravid wrote 4 months ago: I RECENTLY READ a paleontology book that irked me by referring to the basal synapsids as “mamm … more »
News Flash: Dinosaurs Are Not Extinct!
alertedeye wrote 1 year ago: Human arrogance. It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. I think that we, … more »
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