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Writing tagged: ‘alice roberts’

‘Ancestors’ by Prof. Alice Roberts

Book review: ‘Ancestors’ by Prof. Alice Roberts

The prehistory of Britain in seven burials.

Published 18-Apr-2022
Filed under: Reviews Genres: Evolution, History of Science Tags: alice roberts, prehistory, reviews
Darwin stamps

Newsletter No. 9: ‘Time flies’

Stolen notebooks · DNA barcoding · butterflies · Mary Anning · flowers · cool videos · insects · snakes · mammalian evolution · book reviews

Published 12-Feb-2021
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: alice roberts, bicentennial oak, charles darwin, dna, flowers, insects, janet browne, mammals, stephen jay gould
‘Tamed’ by Alice Roberts

Book review: ‘Tamed’ by Alice Roberts

Ten species that changed our world.

Published 04-Nov-2020
Filed under: Reviews Genres: Evolution Tags: alice roberts, reviews
Balanus crenatus
Fossil Balanus crenatus barnacles (labelled by Darwin). Natural History Museum.

Newsletter No. 3: ‘Knee-deep in barnacles’

Our third newsletter marks Charles Darwin’s 210th birthday.

Published 12-Feb-2019
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: alice roberts, barnacles, bicentennial oak, charles darwin, conrad martens, darwin's illness, joseph dalton hooker, stamps
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Newsletter No. 2: ‘Writing with a dip pen’

Our second newsletter marks the 159th anniversary of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’…

Published 24-Nov-2018
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: alice roberts, bats, birds, cetaceans, charles darwin, darwin's finches, galapagos islands, henrietta darwin, human, ilkley, katrina van grouw, ken thompson, moths, newsletters, origin of species, plants
The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being

Book review: ‘The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being’ by Alice Roberts

Evolution and the making of us.

Published 09-Jul-2018
Filed under: Reviews Genres: Evolution, Science Tags: alice roberts, anatomy, books, inelegant design, reviews

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