Roy Plotnick: Epigraphs of taphonomy (or prolegomenon to a future book)

Roy Plotnick has another interesting blog post over on Medium.  In this post, he discusses some future plans for a possible book.  Make sure you follow him on Medium.  He doesn’t post very often, but all his articles are worth reading!

When I first thought of writing a popular science book, one option I considered was an overview of taphonomy, the science of the formation (or lack of formation) of fossils. I even had a cute working title: Rotten Science. This project has now been superseded by my current book project (Explorers of Deep Time: Paleontologists and the History of Life on Earth), but I did go so far as coming up with potential sections. And I decided, as many authors do, to begin each chapter with an appropriate epigraph. I may still write that book, but meanwhile I thought I would share some of quotes that I thought of using.

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