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Musings on evolution, the fossil record, and our place in nature
Laelaps is the blog of freelance science writer Brian Switek. This blog frequently features his musings on paleontology, evolution, and the history of science. Switek also blogs for Smithsonian magazine's Dinosaur Tracking, and he is a research associate at the New Jersey State Museum.
October 31, 2008
Category: Mammals
This past February I wrote about a new giant sengi (or elephant shrew) described in the Journal of Zoology. When attempts to capture live animals failed, researchers used camera traps to get a better look at these previously undescribed...
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Category: Mammals
A grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), photographed at the Bronx Zoo....
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October 30, 2008
Category: Art
From Woman Triumphant. When I don't know what else to write about, I usually pick a phrase off the top of my head into Google Books and see what turns up. Today I chose "ape-man," and the usual parade...
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Category: Photography
A red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), photographed at the Bronx Zoo....
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October 29, 2008
Category: Paleontology
The 25th edition of The Boneyard is coming up next Tuesday over at The Big Dinosaur Lie. You can send your submissions directly to me (evogeek AT gmail DOT com) or to the blog where they will be posted, and...
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Category: College
From Garfield Minus Garfield. In high school, I always felt like the dullest of the bright kids. Even though I made it into a number of AP and honors classes and held my own, I always felt like I...
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Category: Photography
A false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), photographed at the Bronx Zoo....
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October 28, 2008
Category: History of Science
As explained in Narratives of Human Evolution (and outlined in an early chapter of Bones of Contention), scientific descriptions of human evolution have often been shaped by a belief in progress and our* superiority. Even today, when descriptions are...
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Category: College
The Richard Gilder Graduate School, housed at the American Museum of Natural History, is now taking applications for Fall 2009 enrollment. It's an accelerated, 4-year Ph.D. program which places the vast collections of the AMNH at grad student's fingertips, but...
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Category: Mammals
A polar bear (Ursus maritimus), photographed at the Bronx Zoo....
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