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Writing tagged: ‘evolution’

Video: David Attenborough on Darwin

CG animator Richard Spence recently uploaded a 3-minute sequence he created of Sir David Attenborough explaining the entire history of life on earth.

Published 17-Jul-2011
Filed under: Blog Tags: david attenborough, evolution, tree of life, videos

Filling gaps and making predictions

Recent fossil find exactly what evolution would have predicted.

Published 04-Feb-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: evolution, falsification, missing links, proto-whales, whales

The surprise punctuationist

On how Charles Darwin believed that evolution did not have to occur at a constant rate.

Published 02-Jan-2009
Filed under: Articles Tags: charles darwin, evolution, niles eldredge, punctuated equilibrium, stephen jay gould

The evolution of echolocation in bats

Bat fossil solves evolution poser.

Published 16-Feb-2008
Filed under: Blog Tags: bats, echolocation, evolution, vestigial organs

Absolute v relative dating

Modern Birds Existed Before Dinosaur Die-Off says molecular study.

Published 08-Feb-2008
Filed under: Blog Tags: birds, cladistics, dinosaurs, evolution, genetic clock, molecular dating

Nunatak plays a blinder

The Beagle Project Blog: 'Detecting natural selection: a pika's tale'.

Published 03-Feb-2008
Filed under: Blog Tags: beagle project, evolution, genetic drift, karen james, natural selection

Tall Tales

On the evolution of giraffes' necks.

Published 02-Jan-2007
Filed under: Blog Tags: education, evolution, giraffes, natural selection, sexual selection

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