Taking Stock of 2009
Category: Blogging
With a few hours left in 2009, now seems as good a time as any to take stock of what I have accomplished during past year....
Posted by Brian Switek at 2:07 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Laelaps
Musings on evolution, the fossil record, and our place in nature
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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.
Switek's first book, Written in Stone, will be published on November 1, 2010 by Bellevue Literary Press.
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December 31, 2009
Photo of the Day #809: Red wolf
Category: Mammals
A red wolf (Canis lupus rufus), photographed at the North Carolina Zoo....
Posted by Brian Switek at 9:06 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 30, 2009
Photo of the Day #808: Horseshoe crabs
Category: Inverts
Horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus), photographed at Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware....
Posted by Brian Switek at 1:31 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
"Pithecanthropus" Goes to Paris
Category: Anthropology
A restoration of the skull of "Pithecanthropus" erectus by Manonvrier. "Pithecanthropus" erectus, described by the Dutch anatomist Eugene Dubois, was an immediate sensation. Known from a skullcap, a femur, and a tooth discovered on the island of Java, it...
Posted by Brian Switek at 12:50 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 29, 2009
TV Review: What Darwin Never Knew
Category: Evolution
During the past year scientists have been celebrating the work of Charles Darwin for the insight the 19th century naturalist had into how evolution works. It is truly amazing how much Darwin got right, but there was also a...
Posted by Brian Switek at 3:06 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Photo of the Day #807: Small-clawed otters
Category: Mammals
Small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinerea), photographed at the Bronx Zoo....
Posted by Brian Switek at 8:24 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 28, 2009
It's not about faith
Category: Communicating Science
"Yeah, well like they say, it takes as much faith to believe in science as religion." I had just been suckerpunched. After spending the last several minutes explaining evolution and its relevance to the history of our species I was...
Posted by Brian Switek at 3:49 PM • 23 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Photo of the Day #806: Gelada
Category: Mammals
A Gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada), photographed at the Bronx Zoo....
Posted by Brian Switek at 8:26 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 27, 2009
Photo of the Day #805: Polar bear
Category: Mammals
A polar bear (Ursus maritimus), photographed at the Bronx Zoo....
Posted by Brian Switek at 10:54 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 26, 2009
Photo of the Day #804: Xiphactinus
Category: Paleontology
A reconstruction of Xiphactinus at the Museum of Ancient Life in Utah....
Posted by Brian Switek at 10:18 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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