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Another six months of the (De-) Extinct Blog

January 17, 2024

In which we celebrate the art form of niche academic webloggery by looking back at six more months of Extinct content

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Dinosaur Time

January 5, 2024

In which Max complains about how prevalent the language of political domination is in popular writing about dinosaurs

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In Max Dresow, Problematica Tags Dinosaurs, dinosaurs

Equilibrium, Disrupted

December 20, 2023

In which Max finally completes his three-part essay on Stephen Jay Gould and punctuated equilibria, and asks why Gould changed his mind about key features of evolution around 1977

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From the archive: How to Change your Life using Punctuated Equilibria/Paradox of Stasis

December 19, 2023

In which Max re-posts the first two parts of his three-part essay on Stephen Jay Gould and punctuated equilibria in an effort to drum up interest in Part 3…

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In Max Dresow, Problematica, From the Archive, Stephen Jay Gould

The First Philosopher of Paleontology— er, 'Palaetiology'

November 7, 2023

In which Max considers the geological writings of William Whewell and his concept of “palaetiological science”

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In Max Dresow, Problematica, Uniformitarianism

Goddess in the Details

September 28, 2023

In which Max explores the history of the Gaia hypothesis and wonders whether it needs to be “Darwinized”

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