An old one whose time has come again: in which Max complains about how prevalent the language of political domination is in popular writing about dinosaurs
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From the Archive: The Importance of Background Theory, or Why James Hall Left Mountains out of his Theory of Mountain Building
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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