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From the Archive: The Importance of Background Theory, or Why James Hall Left Mountains out of his Theory of Mountain Building
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2023/1/31/the-importance-of-background-theory-p5w5w
Published: March 31, 2026 13:41
In which Max asks whether James Hall really left mountains out of his
theory of mountain building (as J.D. Dana famously alleged)
Terrible uniformitarian poetry
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2026/3/23/terrible-uniformitarian-poetry
Published: March 23, 2026 17:15
In which Max shares some terrible scientific poetry from the 1940s. Just
because
Beyond "Rocks versus Clocks": Glimpses of a New Philosophy of Molecular Clock Dating
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2026/3/14/beyond-rocks-vs-clocks
Published: March 15, 2026 17:00
In which Max Dresow and Katherine Valde glimpse a new philosophy of
molecular clock dating
From the Archive: Comparisons with Teeth
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2026/2/24/comparisons-with-teeth-redux
Published: February 24, 2026 17:04
A deep cut: in which Max examines the durability and challenges of
actualistic reasoning in paleontology
Burgess Beasties and Ediacaran Enigmas
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2026/1/25/burgess-beasties
Published: January 25, 2026 21:43
In which Max finally concludes two earlier posts with a double-duty
post-a-ganza on the interpretation of Ediacaran macrofossils
From the Archive: Lords of Marble and the Spear
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2023/3/3/lords-of-marble-and-the-spear-repost
Published: November 5, 2025 17:25
In which Max asks what an argument for repatriating a fossil might look
like in the absence of demonstrable illegality in the acquisition of that
fossil
What the Actual Hell is Going On (Or, the Great Reg Sprigg Nature Letter "Rejection" Mystery...)
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2025/11/2/wtf
Published: November 2, 2025 20:19
In which Max blows your little mind
A History of Geology Reading List, Part 2
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2025/10/9/a-history-of-geology-reading-list-part-2
Published: October 9, 2025 18:53
In which Max has finally completed his two-part reading list for people
interested in learning more about the history of geology
For the love of Fortey
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2025/9/10/for-the-love-of-fortey
Published: September 10, 2025 15:47
Problematica #40: In which Max pays tribute to the late paleontologist
Richard Fortey by assembling some of his favorite Fortey-an sentences
American Primordial: remembering the late Great Taconic Controversy
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2025/7/29/american-primordial
Published: July 29, 2025 17:20
In which Max remembers the biggest American geological brouhaha of the
nineteenth century