7+ hour, 25+ min ago  (126+ words) This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication. The Fossil War Between E. D. Cope and O. C. Marsh and the Rise of American Science "Mark Jaffe, The Gilded Dinosaur Solution (spoiler) instructions: In the link above, slide…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1107+ words) When we imagine prehistoric humans, we almost always imagine them incorrectly. The usual picture is familiar: small, evenly scattered bands drifting slowly across vast, mostly empty landscapes, rarely encountering one another. Given the population numbers involved'perhaps only tens of thousands…...