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1 month ago | 
biorxiv.org | John Llewelyn |John Long |Richard Cloutier |Alice Clement
AbstractAim: The diversity and distribution of traits in an ecological community determine how it functions. Modern fish communities conserve trait space across similar habitats. However, little is known about trait-space variation through deep time (or across vastly different habitats). In this paper, we sought to identify how trait diversity varies through space and time. Location: Global Devonian and modern fish communities.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
livescience.com | Richard Cloutier |Alice Clement |John Long
What do the ginkgo (a tree), the nautilus (a mollusc) and the coelacanth (a fish) all have in common? They don't look alike, and they aren't biologically related, but part of their evolutionary history bears a striking resemblance: these organisms are referred to as "living fossils". In other words, they appear to have escaped the transformations that normally come about over time, through evolution.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
knowridge.com | Richard Cloutier |Alice Clement |John Long
What do the ginkgo (a tree), the nautilus (a mollusk) and the coelacanth (a fish) all have in common? They don’t look alike, and they aren’t biologically related, but part of their evolutionary history bears a striking resemblance: these organisms are referred to as “living fossils”. In other words, they appear to have escaped the transformations that normally come about over time, through evolution.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Richard Cloutier |Alice Clement |John Long |Flinders Uni
This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
phys.org | Richard Cloutier |Alice Clement |John Long
What do the ginkgo (a tree), the nautilus (a mollusk) and the coelacanth (a fish) all have in common? They don't look alike, and they aren't biologically related, but part of their evolutionary history bears a striking resemblance: these organisms are referred to as "living fossils".
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Richard Cloutier |Alice Clement |John Long
What do the ginkgo (a tree), the nautilus (a mollusc) and the coelacanth (a fish) all have in common? They don’t look alike, and they aren’t biologically related, but part of their evolutionary history bears a striking resemblance: these organisms are referred to as “living fossils”. In other words, they appear to have escaped the transformations that normally come about over time, through evolution.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Richard Cloutier |Alice Clement |John Long
Qu’ont en commun le ginkgo (un arbre), le nautile (un mollusque) et le cœlacanthe (un poisson) ? Ils ne se ressemblent pas, et n’ont pas de lien de parenté rapproché. Mais une partie de l’histoire de leur évolution présente une similarité frappante : tous ces organismes sont souvent qualifiés de « fossiles vivants ».
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
nature.com | Alice Clement |Richard Cloutier |Hugo Dutel |Kate Trinajstic
AbstractThe living coelacanth Latimeria (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia) is an iconic, so-called ‘living fossil’ within one of the most apparently morphologically conservative vertebrate groups. We describe a new, 3-D preserved coelacanth from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation in Western Australia. We assemble a comprehensive analysis of the group to assess the phylogeny, evolutionary rates, and morphological disparity of all coelacanths.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
cdnsciencepub.com | Richard Cloutier
Verify Phone Enter the verification code Congrats! Your Phone has been verified Get full access to this articleView all available purchase options and get full access to this article. Information & AuthorsPublished In Canadian Journal of Earth SciencesJust-INHistoryReceived: 30 September 2023Accepted manuscript online: 28 March 2024PermissionsRequest permissions for this article.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
albanyherald.com | Richard Cloutier
To the Editor:Last week, my letter requesting the name of a local church that preached the whole Bible and preached against hell and all Biblical sin was published. I had one response, but that was from someone unfamiliar with what the Bible says. Not surprising, considering the "church" she recommended.
