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← Palaeontology is unlike other sciences because its evidence is eroding…

8 connected korrents · 3 moments on record from 30 Sept 2024 to 7 Apr 2026.

Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Palaeontology is unlike other sciences because its evidence is eroding away: dig the fossils up now, and we have forever to study them. Palaeontology is unlike othersciences because its evidence iseroding away: dig the fossils upnow, and we have forever to studythem. Last stated a year ago 4 Sept 2025 DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Palaeontology's besetting error is treating one superlative specimen as a silver bullet; what actually answers a question is the pool of data. — tap to centre the map on it Palaeontology's besettingerror is treating onesuperlative specimen as asilver bullet; what actually… Last stated a year ago 4 Sept 2025 DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Responsible scientists try to disprove their own theories, and archaeology keeps stepping out of that box. — tap to centre the map on it Responsible scientists try todisprove their own theories,and archaeology keeps steppingout of that box. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Sept 2024 EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Some dinosaurs almost certainly survived the impact for hundreds of thousands of years in isolated pockets, and we will almost certainly never find them. — tap to centre the map on it Some dinosaurs almostcertainly survived the impactfor hundreds of thousands ofyears in isolated pockets, and… Last stated a year ago 4 Sept 2025 DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A civilization that advanced and that large would have left something behind, and archaeologists find fish scales. — tap to centre the map on it A civilization that advancedand that large would have leftsomething behind, andarchaeologists find fish… Last stated 2 years ago 30 Sept 2024 EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Dinosaurs were doing fine right up to the impact; there is no good reason to think they were already in terminal decline. — tap to centre the map on it Dinosaurs were doing fineright up to the impact; thereis no good reason to thinkthey were already in terminal… Last stated a year ago 4 Sept 2025 DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is essentially no evidence that any dinosaur hunted in packs. — tap to centre the map on it There is essentially noevidence that any dinosaurhunted in packs. Last stated a year ago 4 Sept 2025 DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Archaeology's culture names and periods draw lines where there were none, and the people themselves did not care about any of them. — tap to centre the map on it Archaeology's culture namesand periods draw lines wherethere were none, and thepeople themselves did not care… Last stated 2 years ago 30 Sept 2024 EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Evolution was not a thinkable theory before deep time: without hundreds of millions of years it simply looks like a nonstarter. — tap to centre the map on it Evolution was not a thinkabletheory before deep time:without hundreds of millionsof years it simply looks like… Last stated 5 months ago 7 Apr 2026 MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Palaeontology is unlike other sciences because its evidence is eroding away: dig the fossils up now, and we have forever to study them. Last stated 4 Sept 2025 · a year ago Holds Dave Hone Read this korrent →