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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.

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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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