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This
page presents various short discussions relating to the origin,
evolution and diversity of life. Most postings below are summaries
of reletively recent publications from the more prestigious scientific
journals, most notably the journal Science and the journal
Nature. When possible, references will provide links to
citation in PubMed, the public version of MedLine. Otherwise,
Science and Nature are held by most public libraries.
Paleobiology
Castorocauda
lutrasimilis, a beaver like Jurassic Mammal with Fur from Mongolia
in China (2/23/ 2006)
Repenomamus,
the Lower Cretaceous mammal that ate dinosurs for breakfast
(1/12/2005)
Triassic-Jurassic
Extinction - new evidence of bolide impact (5/30/02)
Mid-Carboniferous
tetrapod in Romer's Gap (7/5/02)
Oldest
Hominid Revisited, enter Toumai of Chad, a.k.a., Sahelanthropus
tchadensis (7/11/02)
The
"early-bird" that ate seeds, Jeholornis prima from
the Cretaceous of China (7/25/2002)
In
the Beginning
The
Big Bang(10/30/00) "from such
humble beginnings"
Genesis,
revisited (9/25/01) "regarding the so-called primordial
soup"
Creation
Science and Intelligent Design, The Ultimate and Pentultimate
Oxymorons
Paleontologist Gregory Paul Presents Data Very Hard to Refute
Evolution
From
Chimp to Human - Comparing the human and chimpanzee genomes
Newly-Announced
Archaeopteryx Specimen Shows Closer Affinity With Dinosaurs
Evolutionary
Placement of the Enigmatic Carpoids
The
Oldest Homo sapien Fossils Omo I and Omo II
The
oldest fossils, revisited, an update
Microscopic
organisms, the final frontier (6/12/01) "no warp engine
required"
The
first time that what went around came around (10/15/00)
"a
qui pro quo with bacteria"
Modern
molecular phylogenetics (7//6/99) "Is
there a tree of life?"
Chengjiang
Deuterostomes - a putative new common ancestor
Gunflint
Stromatolites
Geology
GAIA
Theory "A
very pretty theory, that is hardly new age"
Amber
versus Copal from Colombia (5/28/02)
Molecular
clocks push back to origin of animals
The
fossil record - online
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