Spider Origin in the Sea?
A study published recently suggests that spiders and their close terrestrial relatives originated from an ocean creature called Mollisonia symmetrica, an extinct aquatic creature long believed to be the ancestor…
The Fallacy of Convergent Evolution
Homology is the study of similar characteristics of creatures used to persuade people that one creature evolved into another. But, when animals that are unrelated according to their genetics but…
Was it Just a Fluke?
The question I was asked almost 60 years ago: How did the whale’s nose evolve to the back of his head? Was it Just a Fluke? Whale Creature Features: Either…