Category: Evolution
Kimberella — Conflicting Evidence from Taphonomy
The fossilization of Kimberella specimens was most likely based on rapid burial with sand during storm events.
Conflicting Views about Kimberella’s Ecology
Based on the same fossil evidence, there is obviously much room for speculation and quite different opinions.
For Labor Day Weekend: Alfred Russel Wallace, Scientist and Working Man
Take a moment to consider the impact of labor on the development of evolutionary theory.
A. R. Wallace Is Evolution’s Last Man Standing
Only Wallace’s postulation of an “Overruling Intelligence” to explain the complexities of humanity and nature has stood the test of time.
Kimberella — A Checkered History
John Kimber collected the first fossils of this organism and died tragically at age 38 during an expedition in South Australia in 1964.