Fossils, Modality & Central Subjects in Palaeobiological Reconstruction

Paleobiology is not only a science of the deep past: it is a science of deep possibility. Drawing on recent speculative reconstructions of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, I sketch a new account of paleobiological reconstruction. Fossils, as opposed to testing causal hypotheses, are used to characterise and...

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Main Author: Adrian Currie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Michigan Publishing 2024-12-01
Series:Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology
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Online Access:https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/ptpbio/article/id/5287/
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