In which Max explores one of the most famous zingers in the history of geology: that James Hall left mountains out of his theory of mountain building
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From the Archive: Comparisons with Teeth
A deep cut: in which Max examines the durability and challenges of actualistic reasoning in paleontology
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From the Archive: Lords of Marble and the Spear
In which Max asks what an argument for repatriating a fossil might look like in the absence of demonstrable illegality in the acquisition of that fossil
Read MoreFrom the archive: What evidential role should (ancient) DNA play in paleoanthropology?
Evidence from DNA is extremely powerful: but what role should it play in reconstructing the evolutionary history of hominids? (By Helen De Cruz, 1978–2025)
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From the Archive: Rugged Individualism in the Cretaceous
Once more to the archive: in which Kelle Dhein analyzes George Simpson’s sci-fi novella, The Dechronization of Sam Magruder
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From the Archive: “Truth also has its Paleontology,” or When Pragmatism Met Uniformitarianism
In which we dip into the archive one more time. Our question: what does “paleontology” have to do with the pragmatist theory of truth?
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