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LATEST NEWSLETTER

Primroses

Newsletter No. 20: ‘All observation must be for or against some view…’ Darwin’s primroses destroyed! • Beagle specimens unearthed • cross-pollination • birds’ tree-of-life • beetles • seaweed • male mammals not so big after all • Frans de Waal • butterfly mimicry • William Buckland • book recommendation • another research rabbit hole!

RECENT ARTICLES

Manuscript page of ‘On the Origin of Species’

Charles Darwin’s book-writing process Charles Darwin’s approach to book-writing went through four key stages…

Alfred Russel Wallace

Modesty and candour: the Darwin-Wallace friendship To mark the 200th anniversary of Wallace’s birth, an article exploring the friendship between Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.

RECENT BLOG POSTS

FOCD 30th anniversary

Now we are 30 02-Mar-2024: The Friends of Charles Darwin were founded 30 years ago today!

Darwin Bicentennial Oak, 2024

The Darwin bicentennial oak, 15 years on Fifteen years ago today, I planted the Darwin Bicentennial Oak in my garden.

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Monkey facepalm

If humans evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys? A simple answer, and a more detailed answer…

Left Power!

Was Darwin left-handed? There are a lot of people on the internet who claim Charles Darwin was left-handed…

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