In which Max reflects on the recent MBL-ASU History of Biology Seminar on historical contingency in biology
Read MoreStable Isotopes in Unstable Times: Harold Urey’s paleothermometer and the nature of proxy measurement
In which Joe Wilson describes the invention of the carbonate-oxygen paleothermometer, and explores what it means for our understanding of “proxy measurement”
Read MoreFrom the Archive: Replaying Life's Tape— No Miracles Required
In which we reach into the Extinct archive, and pull out an essay on historical contingency by John Beatty
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History, Kindness, and the Great Evolutionary Faunas
In which Max considers a recent account of historical natural kinds, and force-feeds it the example of the “great evolutionary faunas”
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The Once and Future Earth
In which Max examines two attempts to use Mars to better understand the past and future of Earth, respectively
Read MoreIs Contemporary Climate Change Really Unprecedented?
In which Aja Watkins explores the problem of comparing past and present rates of climate change, and the challenges involved in “temporal scaling”
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