Paleontology references: Read this, not that

The December 2009 issue of the journal Evolution: Education and Outreach has just been released, and among the new offerings is a paper on “Print Reference Sources about Evolution” by Adam Goldstein. It seems to be a spinoff of Goldstein’s paper on evolution blogs published in the same journal earlier this year, and it stresses the importance of print references during a time when online resources are becoming more widely available. While I agree that print references are still very important for anyone who wants to educate themselves about evolution, though, I don’t think that Goldstein made the best choices for his recommendations. This is most starkly apparent in the list of books about “Particular Animals” near the

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