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A clock running fast could explain Darwin’s fossil record gaps

Charles Darwin worried that the fossil record looked strangely abrupt, with complex animals appearing in a geological instant ...

Darwin's Headache: Evolution's Clock Might Tick at Different Speeds

The oldest fossilised remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...
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The Cambridge encyclopedia of Darwin and evolutionary thought / edited by Michael Ruse

1. Origins and the Greeks / Jeremy Kirby -- 2. Evolution before Darwin / Michael Ruse -- 3. Charles Darwin's geology : the root of his philosophy of the earth / David Norman -- 4. Looking back with ...
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In 1860, A Feather Was Found In A German Quarry—A Year Later, Darwin’s Theory Of Evolution Soared To Life

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Humanity’s understanding of life was forever altered when ...
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Animal evolution : genomes, fossils, and trees / edited by Maximilian J. Telford and D.T.J. Littlewood

"This book was originally published as an issue of Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society B; Biological sciences (volume 363; number 1496) but has been materially changed and updated"--Title ...
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Earthworms reveal an evolutionary mechanism which could defy Darwin

In 1859, Darwin imagined evolution as a slow, gradual progress, with species accumulating small changes over time. But even he was surprised to find the fossil record offered no missing links: the ...