I think this is rather awesome: a detailed examination of the Cambrian fossil Hallucigenia, specifically an examination of the fine structure of its claws, has revealed clear affinities of the long extinct form to this adorable little guy, the velvet worm.
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what a gorgeous thing
That is so cool! I wrote a paper on Wonderful Life, the Stephen Jay Gould book about the Burgess Shale fossils, as a high school freshman. Sorting through the research and reception of it, trying to make heads or tails of it was my first introduction to the idea that scientists didn't always agree. Hallucigenia has been engraved in my brain ever since.
It'd be even more noteworthy were it not presented by a mentally incompetent author such as PZ Myers.
Buddy: Surely you're not going to leave us hanging! I bet you have more to say, yes?
life science examination is fun. it is like taking a dip into a river of knowledge. thanks www.dewintermicroscope.com for providing me with the equipment
More to say to a more pathetic and easily impressionable crowd... perish the thought, Greg.
As I said: PZ Meyers is a mentally incompetent halfwit who suffers from a sheep minded mentality.
He's worthless.
Richard Dawkins:
Now that's funny. Wrong, but funny.
Funny in both how wrong the post is, but also because of how if PZ Myers weren't such an idiot with an asshole attitude, there'd be less people like this poster.
But yes, PZ Myers is a dumbass regardless.