In which Marilynn Johnson shares an edited excerpt from her recent book Adorning Bodies: Meaning, Evolution, and Beauty in Humans and Animals (Bloomsbury, 2022)
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Rugged Individualism in the Cretaceous: What George Simpson’s Fiction Reveals about His Philosophy of Evolution
In which Kelle Dhein revisits George Simpson’s sci-fi novella, The Dechronization of Sam Magruder, and asks what it reveals about Simpson’s philosophy of evolution
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A History of Resurrection Biology, Part Two: Righting Past Wrongs?
In which Risa Schnebly concludes their two-part history of resurrection biology, bringing us to the present— and face-to-face with the looming reality of “de-extinction”
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A History of Resurrection Biology, Part One: Extinction, Redemption, and Nazi Cattle
In which Risa Schnebly explores the history of “de-extinction” science and what it teaches us about how scientists conceptualize and value species
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In which Caitlin Wylie considers the display of scientific knowledge-making in glass-walled fossil prep labs
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The Weird Early History of Paleontology: Robert Plot and Scrotum humanum
In which Jan Forsman dives into the weird history of paleontology, and tells the wonderful story of Scrotum humanum
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