What if we added Mary Anning to the high status scientific community of her day?
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When are counterfactual histories kosher? Adrian brings in some steampunk and some philosophy of language to defend the 'minimal rewrite rule'.
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What are the rules of counterfactual histories? Helen Zhao has a look at the 'minimal rewrite rule' to find out...
Read MoreThoughts on "Earth's Deep History" by Martin J. S. Rudwick
It's fun to learn about the genesis of our bedrock ideas!
Read MoreHow Should Museums Organize Their Fossils?
Many museums categorize their fossils in terms of their ancestral relations. Should they?
Read MoreThe Transformative Value of Fossils
How an idea from environmental ethics might contribute to our understanding of the practice of paleontology
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