It seems we're at the end here. In summary, I think this book is one of the better ones I've read on the subject. It's well written and easy to understand. I liked the way the author set it up. He'd start out with a critical fossil, tell the story behind finding it, and then look at ones before and ...

And don't forget confirmation bias. https://www.verywell.com/what-is-a-conf ... as-2795024

I enjoyed that film clip, geo. My parents were fairly religious and I assume creationists. However, at the same time they never tore up our science books or otherwise forbade us to be exposed to evolution. I recall films and articles such as the above that got me to thinking. Plus of course I had th...

I read a book once by an explorer, post Lewis and Clarke, who did the first full account of the country in and around Yellowstone. I wish I could remember the name. They found dinosaur fossils which he called "giant lizards." He didn't even know what they were. I too was impressed with the...

Different subject: I never read On the Origin of Species in its entirety. It was always referred to in other texts or in my only anthropology class. I never thought about the fact that human fossils were never mentioned (Chapter 25, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds). I recall in the movie Gettysburg a ...

I guess it doesn't really matter.

Of course one of the unanswered questions of the whole field of evolution is why. But specifically, I've always wondered why the whales (and others as indicated) walked back into the sea. Certainly two general reasons exist. Something on land must have threatened their survival, or something in the ...

http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/201 ... and-rules/ Seems a bit strict for us small timers. Are they going to be looking into our personal relationships?

I was a little surprised to read about the large number of scientists involved in this type of work. When laymen like me read about a new find in an online or magazine article we hear about so-and-so primary researcher, until the next find comes along. The author paints a picture of a large number o...