evolution – The Friends of Charles Darwin

Book review: ‘On the Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin (1st ed., 1859)

…or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.

Newsletter No. 6: Building on a theory

To mark Charles Darwin’s 211th birthday, some thoughts on his 1871 classic, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, an unlikely anecdote about a snail, plus all the usual book reviews and links to Darwin-related news stories.

Book review: ‘Evolution’ by Brian & Deborah Charlesworth

A very short introduction.

Book review: ‘The Flamingo’s Smile’ by Stephen Jay Gould

Reflections in natural history.

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Newsletter No. 11: Give that man a medal!
A contentious gong · loads of links · book recommendations · Alfred Russel Wallace’s missing ‘L‘
Newsletter No. 10: Attending a very little to species
In which Darwin gets to work on species, and I disappear down a research rabbit-hole. With loads of links to recent Darwin- and evolution-related stories.