What “possibly” really means

“Possibly” doesn’t mean scientists don’t know what they’re talking about. It means they’re being careful about what the evidence can actually tell us.

And sometimes, new evidence changes the answer.

I got a pretty great reminder of that this week when I made a post using information from a published paper—and one of the authors showed up in my comments with an update. They’ve found more specimens and new evidence that is changing how some of that material is being interpreted.

And honestly, I love that.

Science isn’t supposed to stay the same when the evidence changes. We keep finding, comparing, questioning, and learning.

There’s still so much out there to discover—and I want to be part of discovering it. 🦴🤎