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> > dhw: [i]The leading question is whether these novel bodyplans might provide missing links
> > between Ediacaran and Cambrian species.[/i]
> > 
> > DAVID: [i]What novel body plans? Only in the Cambrian.[/i]
> > 
> > dhw:[i] I am quoting the article. Who should I trust to know all the latest research, you or the author?[/i]
> > 
> > DAVID: [i]The author is a science review editor, not a scientist. He and I are equals.[/i]
> > 
> > dhw: There seem to be several “topic editors” working on this research project, all of them from universities in China (where there are veritable treasure troves of ancient fossils). 
> 
> The treasure trove has simply sharpened the Cambrian gap.
> > 
> > [i]Heading:[/i][b] Paleontologists Find Evolutionary Link between Ediacaran and Early Cambrian Multicellular Animals[/b]
> > 
> > DAVID: [i]Finding one link does not explain the vast array of new phyla appearing so suddenly. A small link is not a gap buster.[/i]
> > 
> > dhw: [i]But an accumulation of links would gradually close the gap.[/i]
> > 
> > DAVID: [i]Only if Edicaran precursors appear for 37 original phyla in the Cambrian.[/i]
> > 
> > dhw:[i] Bearing in mind the extreme unlikelihood of ANY fossils surviving, I’d settle for just a few.[/i]
> > 
> > DAVID: [i]I'm not surprised.[/i]
> > 
> > dhw: And I’m not surprised that you want every single species to have left a complete fossil record of its evolution throughout hundreds of millions of years. Nothing less would shift you from your fixed beliefs. But at present, I only ask for open-mindedness. The Cambrian is still an unsolved mystery!
> 
> No it isn't. God designed it.