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The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. - Terry Pratchett

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melittle.jpg Laelaps is the blog of Brian Switek, a freelance science writer based in New Jersey. This blog frequently features his musings on paleontology, evolution, and the history of science. Switek also blogs for Smithsonian magazine's Dinosaur Tracking.

Switek's first book, Written in Stone, will be published next year by Bellevue Literary Press.

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April 30, 2009

George Berkin "don't know much [about] biology"

Category: Creationism

If you want to aggravate an intelligent design advocate all you have to do is point out the obvious. Everybody knows that intelligent design is just warmed-over creationism, but some creationists love trying to create a false dichotomy between...

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Laziness at BioLogos

Category: Evolution

The skull of Dorudon, photographed at the National Museum of Natural History. There has been much ado about the new BioLogos website during the past week (see here and here), and most of it has focused on the site's...

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Congratulations Mike!

Category: Dinosaurs

The news has already broken at SV-POW! and Tetrapod Zoology, but in case you haven't heard Mike Taylor has successfully defended his Ph.D.! This is wonderful news. I am sure that the study of sauropods will benefit from his continued...

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Photo of the Day #567: Horse

Category: Mammals

A domesticated horse (Equus ferus caballus), photographed in suburban New Jersey....

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April 29, 2009

On the trail of a man-eating megatherium

Category: History of Science

A view from inside the cave in which the "Yemisch" remains were found. [source] It was not so long ago that tales of an awful creature that stalked the Argentine pampas were commonly told. It was difficult, if not...

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Photo of the Day #566: Eastern goldfinch

Category: Birds

An Eastern goldfinch (Carduelis tristis), photographed in suburban New Jersey....

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April 28, 2009

Photo of the Day #565: Tufted titmouse

Category: Birds

A tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor), photographed in suburban New Jersey....

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April 27, 2009

Killing the Last Mammoth

Category: History of Science

An illustration of the mammoth that accompanied Tukeman's story. From the McClure's Magazine. In October of 1899 McClure's Magazine ran a rather curious article by Henry Tukeman. Called "The Killing of the Mammoth" it began with a letter penned...

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Photo of the Day #564: Herring gulls

Category: Birds

A group of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) tries to avoid an incoming wave. Photographed at Spring Lake, New Jersey....

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April 26, 2009

The new Palaeontologia Electronica is here!

Category: Paleontology

After a long wait, the new Palaeontologia Electronica is now online! It even includes a review of Jane Davidson's A History of Paleontology Illustration by yours truly. Check it out!...

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