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Posts from the Friends of Charles Darwin blog.

Premature

Oops! I posted a story a month too early!
A rare conjunction of taxonomy with gastronomy

Steve Jones reviews ‘The Voyage of the Beagle’.
In a word…

Amazing space photo.
The Young Charles Darwin

A new DVD reviewed.
The Earl of Derby’s egg

Great auk egg on display in World Museum Liverpool.
Spotted in my garden yesterday

Female Orange-tip Butterfly.
Dawkins rips Humphrys apart

I caught Richard Dawkins ripping the BBC’s toughest and rudest interviewer apart on Radio 4 this morning.
Flittermouse

I just stood out in my garden with the first bat of the summer circling my head.
Your Inner Fish

I’ve just finished reading ‘Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5 Billion-Year History of the Human Body’ by Neil Shubin.
A link from the man himself

Charles Darwin becomes a Friend of Charles Darwin.
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 7

Last week, I finished reading volume 7 of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, which deals with the years 1858–1859.
Motorway carnage

Raptors in action.