Excerpt:
These pages are mainly intended to be a repository of historical material relating to the fossil Archaeopteryx lithographica.
The pages are divided into four parts, which can be navigated by using the menu bar above:
- In the Archaeopteryx section, there are some articles about Archaeopteryx, historical sources, and a few links to useful sites.
- A second part of the site is devoted to the Danish artist-cum-paleontologist Gerhard Heilmann, whose famous book The Origin of Birds became the common opinion about the origin of birds for over forty years after its appearance in 1926.
- Thirdly, some space (albeit not much at the moment) is reserved for information about the Argentinian paleontologist Florentino Ameghino.
- Finally, there is a section about my Ph.D. Project, "Scientific Societies in the Second Golden Age of Dutch Science, 1850-1914".