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It seems cells could have evolved much earlier than previously thought:
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> http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/new-science-ancient-eukaryotes-and-a... 
> This article is based on a paper in the journal Nature.-Great find. thanks. That still doesn't explain the Cambrian explosion

]]> https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=3251 https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=3251 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:11:10 +0000 IntroductionDavid Turell Can one do tree of life from fossils alone (reply) It seems cells could have evolved much earlier than previously thought:-http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/new-science-ancient-eukaryotes-and-altruistic-ants/-This article is based on a paper in the journal Nature.

]]> https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=3250 https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=3250 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:14:04 +0000 IntroductionGeorge Jelliss Can one do tree of life from fossils alone (reply) Same here! I've often wondered what's under all that ice. Maybe nothing, but maybe something!-
> I don't know how many researchers actually rely on morphology by itself except in cases where no DNA is recoverable. 
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> Regardless of the issue on climate change, I actually hope that it is happening so we can get at what's underneath all the ice in Antarctica.

]]> https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=3198 https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=3198 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:29:59 +0000 IntroductionBBella Can one do tree of life from fossils alone (reply) I don't know how many researchers actually rely on morphology by itself except in cases where no DNA is recoverable. -Regardless of the issue on climate change, I actually hope that it is happening so we can get at what's underneath all the ice in Antarctica.

]]> https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=3170 https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=3170 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:55:38 +0000 Introductionxeno6696 Can one do tree of life from fossils alone Do birds come from dinosaurs, or could it be somewhat the other way around? the only way to completely and safely draw evolutionary trees is to recognize 'convergence' as Conway Morris does, to compare DNA, if possibly recoverable (recently happened in dinosaurs), and to follow biochemicals, again if recoverable. Morphology alone is a fooler:-http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100209183335.htm

]]> https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=3169 https://agnosticweb.com/index.php?id=3169 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:34:27 +0000 IntroductionDavid Turell