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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
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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Category: Interviews
If you have not heard enough about fossil primates in the past month already, I will be on today's edition of BBC Radio 4's "Material World" to talk about Ida and Afradapis. My interview will follow one about Ardipithecus ramidus...
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Category: Books
Earlier this month I shared with you a review of Stories in Stone, a new book on urban geology by David Williams. It was a very enjoyable read, but I had a few questions about it. Fortunately David was...
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Category: Blogging
Over at Dinosaur Tracking I have an interview with paleontologist extraordinaire David Hone. Among other things he talks about working in the field, science blogging, and why large predatory dinosaurs might have preferred tasty young herbivores at mealtime. This interview...
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Category: Interviews
Forms Most Beautiful has an absolutely excellent interview with Kevin Zelnio. It's one of the best I've read in a long time and I urge you to check it out. Now where's my interview?...
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Category: Interviews
Here are a few other YouTube gems I just happened across; interviews with Stephen Jay Gould, Ernst Mayr, and E.O. Wilson conducted in the year 2000. Stephen Jay Gould Ernst Mayr E.O. Wilson (part 1) E.O. Wilson (part 2)...
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Category: Interviews
I'm not the only one interviewing paleontologists; David Hone has embarked on his own series, asking researchers about their thoughts on the current state of paleontology. There is more to come, but you can check out the first four installments...
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Category: Interviews
This past fall my friends Julia and Neil were kind enough to obtain a signed copy of the new book Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters for me from the annual SVP meeting. Although I had...
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Category: Art
Paleo-artist Michael Skrepnick It is difficult for me to pick up a book about dinosaurs and not find some gorgeous artwork by artist Michael Skrepnick gracing the pages, if not the cover, of the book. He has created beautiful...
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Category: Art
Tomorrow I'll be putting up the next installment of my series of paleo interviews, this time with artist Michael Skrepnick. In the meantime, why not check out his website for a look at some of his work, which includes a...
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Category: Paleontology
Last month I posted an interview with paleontologist Bob Bakker, and while the scientific questions I asked stirred some discussion (including a response to some of the points from Jack Horner) a number of readers got hung up on...
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