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
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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The First Philosopher of Paleontology— er, 'Palaetiology'
In which Max considers the geological writings of William Whewell and his concept of “palaetiological science”
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Goddess in the Details
In which Max explores the history of the Gaia hypothesis and wonders whether it needs to be “Darwinized”
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Re-thinking Living Fossils, Again
In which Max re-examines a recent re-examination of living fossils, with the help of a new paper by Beckett Sterner
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Ediacaran Enigma: Uncertainty and Underdetermination in Precambrian Paleontology
In which Max considers the problems involved in interpreting the enigmatic fossils of the Ediacaran Period, as well as some influential attempts to interpret them
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