palaeosmith.bsky.social
Palaeontologist developing phylogenetic and stratigraphic methods to understand the origins of life's rich diversity
👤 Joined on 20 November 2024
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@palaeosmith.bsky.socialInfinite games of Beggar-My-Neighbour: now out in The American Mathematical Monthly. Congratulations again to Brayden Casella who discovered the infinite game and knocked one off the Wikipedia lost of unsolved maths problems. doi.org/10.1080/0002...
Show PostDo diversification rates and molecular evolution covary? Maybe, maybe not, but it’s surprising how much falls into place if we assume they do doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
Show PostIf I read 'monophyletic clade' one more time today, I might just blow a gasket...
Show PostI am seriously becoming of the opinion that there should be a (ideally permanent, but at least a few years) moratorium on publication of molecular clock papers. This would allow authors to reflect on the idea that their results invariably involve “event x happened 10s - 100s Myrs before we thought”.
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