Daily Archives: May 20th, 2009

Has the name Darwinius masillae been published? And if so, by who?

by Greg Mayer
In a previous post on the hype surrounding the online posting of a paper on ‘Ida’, the Eocene primate from the Messel Lagerstatte, I noted that the
authors had made a nomenclatural faux pas in allowing the name and a description to be published before their paper appeared, thus making the authorship and date [...]

Contest: Name a truth revealed by faith

I’m sure you can tell I’m back by the title above.  I’ll be here sporadically until next Tuesday, as I have to do the day job as well as visiting friends.  In the meantime, here’s a contest.  The winner gets the same prize as in the last contest: a copy of WEIT, autographed as you [...]