BOOK REVIEW: “Darwin's Dangerous Idea” by Daniel Dennett
In “Darwin's Dangerous Idea,” author Daniel Dennett offers a compelling and comprehensive argument for why Charles Darwin's idea of modification by natural selection is "the single best idea anyone has...
View ArticleLeading Evolutionary Biologists Discuss Cooperation in Ants
-C. Paula de los Angeles Two leading evolutionary biologists, Bert Holldobler and E.O. Wilson, explore ants (again...after their first exploration in Nobel-prize winning book The Ants in 1991) in their...
View ArticleBook Review: Darwin’s Origin of Species, by Janet Browne
In her newest Darwin Biography, Janet Browne gives readers a brief overview of the man who thought he’d be a clergyman ended up bringing the idea of evolution by means of natural selection to the...
View ArticleAudio Book Review: Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, read and...
Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion and 10 other books abridges and reads Darwin’s master-work, On the Origin of Species. While the original version of the Origin of Species shook the world...
View ArticleNew Studies on the Beginning of Life
-C. Paula de los Angeles Since most people do not believe in a strict literal interpretation of the creation of the world in seven days as detailed in the Bible, the question of how life originated...
View ArticleNick Spencer's Darwin and God
Darwin and GodNick SpencerReviewed by Ben PicozziDarwin and God is Nick Spencer’s attempt at explaining Darwin’s religious beliefs – a subject which is all the more relevant given the current revival...
View ArticleDavid Quammen's The Reluctant Mr. Darwin
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of EvolutionDavid QuammenReviewed by Ben PicozziThe Reluctant Mr. Darwin is David Quammen’s attempt to...
View ArticleDarwin's On the Origin of Species
On the Origin of Species (Oxford World’s Classics Edition)Charles DarwinReviewed by Ben PicozziOn the Origin of Species (fully titled On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the...
View ArticleJohn Dupre's Darwin's Legacy
Darwin’s Legacy: What Evolution Means TodayJohn DupreReviewed by Ben PicozziDarwin’s Legacy is John Dupre’s misleadingly-titled critique of contemporary trends in evolutionary science. Given its title,...
View ArticleBook Review: The Darwin Conspiracy by Roy Davis
In the ”The Darwin Conspiracy”, author Roy Davis attempts to convince his audience of the fact that Charles Darwin is history's biggest thief, having stolen his famous theory of natural selection from...
View ArticleMoles, not magic, make worm 'grunting' work
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hf6wEv7aPPu2yasGMe-wchDOIcnwD98P527G3 The weed patch was perhaps my favorite part of visiting Downe. Not only because the tiny, marked off pasture was...
View ArticleFirst-edition Darwin book sells for £15,625
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1256758?UserKey=This article relates to when Dr. Bob asked John van Whye about the value of a Darwin during our lunch at Conduit Head.Would you rather buy...
View ArticleSexual Selection?
A recent peer-reviewed study (Bailey, et al.) calls into question the universality of sexual selection. The University of California research team noted the following: “The variety and ubiquity of...
View ArticleEvolution of the Modern Bird Wing
The discovery of a 160 million-year-old fossil, Limusaurus inextricabilis, has offered scientists a glimpse of how the three-fingered hand evolved in birds. This particular issue has gained the...
View ArticleWoolly Mammoths and the Evolution of Technology
The bones of one male and four juvenile woolly mammoths were discovered in 1986. While we originally thought the bones were around 21,000 years old, we now believe they are are actually 14,000 years...
View Article“New and Hot” Happens More than I Previously Thought
When Dr. Bob asked us to write blog entries on “new and hot” things pertaining to evolution, I anticipated that there would be more writing about “hot” things than “new” things. I mean, how much new...
View ArticleHumans More Closely Related to Orangutans?
New research, conducted at the University of Pittsburgh and the Buffalo Museum of Science, supports a theory that humans are more likely to share a common ancestor with orangutans. This is particularly...
View ArticleTickle me Ape???
Turns out that gorillas, bonobos, and other primates might laugh when tickled! While their laughing might not sound like laughter to us, researchers maintain that the "rapid panting" and slow "noisey...
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Finch work pays off: the Grants awarded Kyoto Prize
Much congrats to Peter and Rosemary Grant, who have recently been awarded the 2009 Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences. Aren't they cute? They're also the first husband-and-wife team to receive the...
View ArticleReview of Janet Browne’s Darwin’s Origin of Species: A Biography
Janet Browne’s Darwin’s Origin of Species is an unusual Darwin biography in that it is as much about the the Origin of Species and its impact as it is about the author himself. Browne is out to...
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