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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.
November 30, 2009
Category: Books
Eden, from The World Before the Deluge. At least I know that, if I fail at everything else in life, I could write a book claiming to reconcile science and Christianity. People love them. No matter how many times...
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Category: Mammals
A spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), photographed at the Bronx Zoo....
Posted by Brian Switek at 5:24 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 29, 2009
Category: Mammals
Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis), photographed at the Bronx Zoo....
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November 28, 2009
Category: Personal
For months now I have been hammering away at individual chapters of my first book, Written in Stone, but this weekend I finally put all the individual parts together into one document. I still have a lot of editing to...
Posted by Brian Switek at 10:59 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Mammals
A red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus), photographed at the Bronx Zoo....
Posted by Brian Switek at 8:50 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 27, 2009
Category: Mammals
A western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) with an upset stomach, photographed at the Bronx Zoo....
Posted by Brian Switek at 9:34 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 26, 2009
Category: Mammals
Dwarf mongoose pups (Helogale parvula) playing, photographed at the Bronx Zoo....
Posted by Brian Switek at 8:45 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 25, 2009
Category: Communicating Science
I'm pleased to announced that paleontologist Scott Sampson, author of the new book Dinosaur Odyssey and host of the children's tv show Dinosaur Train, has just launched a blog. It is called The Whirlpool of Life. Go check it out!...
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Category: Mammals
Geladas (Theropithecus gelada) grazing, photographed at the Bronx Zoo....
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November 24, 2009
Category: Books
Today is the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, and there is a whole list of things I am not going to do; I am not going...
Posted by Brian Switek at 1:43 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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