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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From the Archive: Skeletons, Specimens, Synoptic Series, Similarity, and Difference
In which we dip into the archive again, and produce a wonderfully interesting piece from Joyce Havstad about “synoptic series” (vintage 2019)
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From the Archive: The Once and Future Earth
In which we dip into the Extinct archive and pull out an essay on some attempts to use Mars to better understand the past (and future!) of the Earth
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