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Newsletter No. 4: Giant leaps

Apollo 11 · Origin of Species · Richard Owen · Charles Lyell · sloths · lice · deaf moths · pregnant lizards · puppy eyes · palaeoanthropology · book reviews · heads on spikes!

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23-Sep-1832: Darwin discovers a ‘rhinoceros’

Megatherium

…for which, read ‘giant ground sloth’ or ‘Megatherium’.

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Recent Posts

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  • An embarrassment of Richards
    In which my head appears on a spike (six times).
  • Hello, Serbia!
    I am delighted to announce that the Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from Serbia.
  • The Darwin bicentennial oak, 10 years on
    Ten years ago today, I planted the Darwin Bicentennial Oak in my garden.
  • Hello, Azerbaijan!
    I am delighted to announce that the Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from Azerbaijan.
  • A cat among the pigeons
    Could Charles Darwin really have been a moggy murderer?

Recent Articles

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  • 03-Dec-1831: Darwin’s first night aboard HMS Beagle
    Darwin records his experimentations with a hammock.
  • 29-Jan-1839: Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood
    On 29th January 1839, after a short courtship and engagement, Charles Darwin married his cousin Emma Wedgwood at St Peter's Church, Maer, Staffordshire.
  • 14-May-1856: Darwin starts writing his ‘big species book’
    On 14 May 1856, Charles Darwin recorded in his journal that, on the advice of his friend Charles Lyell, after almost 20 years exploring the subject, he had finally begun writing a ‘sketch’ of his ideas on species.
  • If humans evolved from monkeys, how come there are still monkeys?
    This is a question frequently posed by creationists—and quite often by perfectly rational people…
  • 13-Jan-1833: The day HMS Beagle nearly sank
    Charles Darwin’s closest brush with death during the Beagle voyage came on Sunday 13th January 1833, near that most infamous of nautical perils, Cape Horn.

Newsletter

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  • Newsletter No. 4: Giant leaps
    Apollo 11 · Origin of Species · Richard Owen · Charles Lyell · sloths · lice · deaf moths · pregnant lizards · puppy eyes · palaeoanthropology · book reviews · heads on spikes!
  • Newsletter No. 3: Knee-deep in barnacles
    Our third newsletter marks Charles Darwin’s 210th birthday.

Recent Reviews

RSS Recent Reviews

  • Book review: ‘Darwin’s Fossils’ by Adrian Lister
    Discoveries that shaped evolution.
  • Book review: ‘On the Origin of Species’, second edition facsimile
    A faithful(ish) copy of the original.
  • Book review: ‘Animal Behaviour’ by Tristram D. Wyatt
    A very short introduction.

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