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Bias in the Fossil Record

Telling the story of the often ignored and forgotten contributions of women and minorities to geology and paleontology

Category: Latin America Geology

Written by jschuethbfrJanuary 13, 2022

Was Florentino Ameghino a Fraud or Was He Just a Bad Paleontologist? (Or Neither?)

Florentino Ameghino incorrectly claimed humans evolved in Argentina. But many of his contemporaries claimed he was both an uneducated science novice and possibly a fraud. Did Ameghino make mistakes or did he willingly lie to fit evidence into his nationalistic views?

Written by jschuethbfrJanuary 3, 2022

Florentino Ameghino and the Argentinian Origins of Humanity

Florentino Ameghino is a controversial figure in paleontology. He demonstrated that South America was home to many unique mammal fossils, disproved biased paleontological theories, but also thought humans evolved in Argentina. Here I talk about this amazing, and controversial, figure.

Written by jschuethbfrDecember 27, 2021

Stealing from the Land of Giants: A History of Paleontology in Latin America

Paleontology in Latin America has until recently been marked by Europeans and Americans taking fossils without giving credit to local scientists. This is sometimes called colonial paleontology and is a main reason why paleontology lacks diversity.

Written by jschuethbfrDecember 20, 2021

Geology and Paleontology of Latin America

A brief introduction to the next series on my blog: an overview of a short course I developed on Latin American geology and paleontology and then an overview of important women in Mexican geosciences

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