In which Max explores the history of the Gaia hypothesis and wonders whether it needs to be “Darwinized”
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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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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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Ripe Science, Hype Science, Meteor Sideswipe Science
In which T.J. Perkins examines the “ripening” of scientific research, and argues that cultural readiness is an important factor in understanding scientific discovery and progress
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Paradox of Stasis
In the second part of a three-part “Problematica,” Max examines why the development of punctuated equilibria did so little to upset Gould’s early adaptationist and progressivist ideas about evolution—at least at first
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