"A "new" systematics will be forthcoming only when the urge to be "right" takes a back seat to the possibility that on…"

"Although it may be extremely reasonable (especially from our present vantage point) to conclude that some part of hum…"

"It is frustrating to know, on the one hand, that every living thing on earth will have had a single, unique history—w…"

"I hope to... provide insights into the interpretation of "evidence" and the application of the "scientific method" so…"

"Science, especially evolutionary sciences, can only proceed from learning about theories of hypotheses that do not st…"

"There are always alternative interpretations of the same data. It is often the case, however, that the alternatives t…"

"The upper and lower ends of a humerus are like the brim and base of an urn. The shaft of the bone is like the belly o…"

"Petrie found that certain types of pottery were characteristic of a particular phase of the Bronze Age, whereas other…"

"Some... resistance also came from the belief that preserved historical writings could provide all anyone needed to kn…"

"There has been little morphological evidence offered since Darwin in support of the relatedness of humans and one or …"