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Writing tagged: ‘fossils’

Newsletter No. 5: ‘Discovery and adventure’

Our fifth newsletter marks the anniversary of Charles Darwin setting sail aboard HMS Beagle.

Published 27-Dec-2019
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: alexander von humboldt, beagle voyage, charles lyell, climate change, dippers, dogs, fossils, great apes, hominins, homo erectus, human evolution, neanderthals, the mount, voyage of the beagle (book)
‘Darwin’s Fossils’ by Adrian Lister

Book review: ‘Darwin’s Fossils’ by Adrian Lister

Discoveries that shaped evolution.

Published 14-Oct-2019
Filed under: Reviews Genres: About Darwin, History of Science Tags: beagle voyage, fossils, reviews
Fossil barnacles
Darwin's (and others') fossil barnacles. Natural History Museum.

The great Darwin fossil hunt

In which a friend beyond measure arranges a behind-the-scenes visit to the Natural History Museum to see fossils collected by Charles Darwin during the Beagle voyage.

Published 17-Jun-2015
Filed under: Articles Tags: barnacles, beagle voyage, brachiopods, falkland islands, fossils, molluscs, natural history museum, stense

The brachiopods do not lie!

Image of Charles Darwin spotted in some brachiopods shock!

Published 17-Aug-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: cambridge, charles darwin, fossils, religion

Pre-Cambrian embryos analysed!

Details of a totally astonishing experiment.

Published 15-Oct-2006
Filed under: Blog Tags: cambrian explosion, fossils, palaeontology, pre-cambrian

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