In which Franziska Reinhard analyzes early life research by developing the concept of a “circumstantial trace”
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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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Microbe-metazoan macroevolution: new directions for an old research program
In which Joe Madison discusses new avenues of research on the role of microbes in metazoan macroevolution
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The Case of the Mislabeled Axis
In which Corey Dethier explores the meaning of scientific graphs and revisits the John Christy climate controversy
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Ancient Plates and Pirate Anchors: When Should we Treat Absence of Evidence as Evidence of Absence?
In which Matt Brewer discusses the (geological!) origin of the phrase "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" and considers arguments from absence in contemporary paleogeology
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Extraterrestrial Epistemology, or the Limits of Archives
In which Joel Jensen delves into the epistemology of archiving and the role of landscapes in transmitting cultural knowledge
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