Charles Darwin

Who scribbled all over Darwin's work? [Laelaps]

scienceblogs.com     17 hrs ago          

Beyond the importance of his ideas I find the life of Charles Darwin fascinating because of all the innumerable opportunities for history to have turned out differently. If his father had kept Darwin off the HMS Beagle, for...                

John Patterson wants to see more monkeys at the movies

guardian.co.uk     13 hrs ago          

The ape of things to come ... Space Chimps Who cares if Space Chimps' animation is by-the-numbers, or that its script is silly enough to have been written by 50 monkeys with typewriters? And Ronald Reagan, back in his...                

The Genetics Of The White Horse Unraveled

terradaily.com     yesterday   2 related          

Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Jul 25, 2008 - The white horse is an icon for dignity which has had a huge impact on human culture across the world. An international team led by researchers at Uppsala University has now identified the...                

China taking over Africa according to old eugenics plan

aftermathnews.wordpress.com     yesterday   2 related          

On June 5, 1873, in a letter to The Times, Sir Francis Galton, the cousin of Charles Darwin and a distinguished African explorer in his own right, outlined a daring (if by today’s standards utterly offensive) new method to...                

Commenter Of The Day: Lincoln-Darwin Edition [Commenter Of The Day]

gawker.com     yesterday          

Recently, it's been fairly well reported that both Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the same day: February 12, 1809. It isn't that surprising that this coincidence (and that's all it really is) has captured so...                

Darwin's Garden, by Michael Boulter

independent.co.uk     yesterday          

Charles Darwin's house to the south-east of London at Downe, enfolded in English countryside despite being caught within the cordon of the M25, will not officially become a World Heritage Site in time for next year's double...                

Carl Zimmer's Science Tattoo Emporium

bibsonomy.org     yesterday          

Underneath their sober lab coats and flannel shirts, scientists hide images of their scientific passions. When told it's Charles Darwin, too many people reply, "Who's Charles Darwin?". I call this Darwin Kong, the establishment...                

Comparative Psychology - Psychology Definition of the Week

about.com     Jul 24, 2008          

Definition: Comparative psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with the study of animal behavior. Modern research on animal behavior began with the work of Charles Darwin and Georges Romanes and has continued to grow...                

Our extraterrestrial 'brothers'

rapturealert.blogspot.com     Jul 24, 2008          

Are we being prepared for 'alien' disclosure by the Vatican? Consider the following excerpt from a BBC article dated May 13, 2008 (emphasis added mine): Just as there are multiple forms of life on earth, so there could exist...                

Mt. Improbable? [EvolutionBlog]

scienceblogs.com     Jul 24, 2008   1 related          

There's an interesting discussion going on between Larry Moran and Richard Dawkins. The subject is the title of Dawkins' 1996 book Climbing Mt. Improbable. It started with this post over at Larry's blog. He included Dawkins in...                

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