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Tag Archives: evolution
Carnivalia — 1/30 – 2/05
The past week’s selection of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals for you… Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Foundations of science, Humanity, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, carnival, Carnivalia, evolution, health, Space
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Carnivalia — 11/28 – 12/04
The past week’s selection of science-related blog carnivals, for your reading enjoyment: Carnival of Evolution #54 Carnival of Space #278 Friday Ark #410
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Foundations of science, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, carnival, evolution
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Carnivalia — 10/31 – 11/06
The past week’s crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals… Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Foundations of science, Humanity, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, evolution, History, Space
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SOS presents — the Carnival of Evolution #53!
Welcome to the November 1, 2012 edition of the Carnival of Evolution! Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Carnivalia, Foundations of science
Tagged Biology, Carnivalia, evolution
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The scientific tourist #57 — Buffon in bronze
This week’s image comes to you from Paris, France — it’s a bronze statue of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon…
Posted in Biology, Geology, History, Sci / Tech Tourism
Tagged Biology, evolution, Geology, History, uniformitarianism
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The scientific tourist #52 — Gigantopithecus Blacki, a cautionary tale of semi-informed scientific speculation
This week’s image comes from San Diego’s Museum of Man — it’s a reconstruction of an ancient ape, dubbed Gigantopithecus Blacki…
The scientific tourist #32 — Carcharodon Megalodon
This week’s image comes from the San Diego Natural History Museum — it’s a model of an ancient shark called Carcharodon Megalodon…
Casual Friday — where whales came from
An interesting piece of the understanding of whale evolution, and transitional forms of species…
Posted in Biology, Foundations of science
Tagged adaptation, Biology, Charles Darwin, evolution
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Episode 19 — The Evolution of the Theory of Evolution, Part 2 of 2
In the last episode, I talked about the development of evolutionary theory leading up to Darwin and his contemporaries. Now it’s time to turn to the man himself…
Posted in Biology, History, Humanity, Podcast episodes
Tagged adaptation, Biology, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwin day, evolution, fossil, History, Watson
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Episode 18 — The Evolution of the Theory of Evolution, Part 1 of 2
Today, the 12th of February, 2008, is the 199th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Since this has been dubbed “Darwin Day,” and all sorts of events are planned for the upcoming year commemorating Darwin’s turning the “big 200″ in 2009, I thought it’d be a good time to discuss how evolutionary theory has changed over the centuries, and what Darwin’s unique contributions really were…