Writing tagged: ‘dinosaurs’
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Newsletter No. 15: ‘Darwinian associations’
…everything has a Darwin connection!
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Newsletter No. 13: ‘Some excellent news’
Some great news • How the internet is supposed to work • Darwin plays backgammon • Links and book reviews • a necessary owl
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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.
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Kids and dinosaurs
Kids love dinosaurs. Kids love science. I wonder what we do to so many of them to drive away their natural sense of wonder.
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Extinct monsters
Link to new blog post with lots of lovely scans of extinct megafauna.
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The way it’s going, La Brea Tar Pits, I know you just can’t lose…
Video: ‘The Smithsonian Institute Blues’ by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band.
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Absolute v relative dating
Modern Birds Existed Before Dinosaur Die-Off says molecular study.
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Genetic clock v palaeontology
I have my doubts about the former.
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When scientists (apparently) disagree
Was the rise of the mammals dependent on the extinction of the dinosaurs?
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If my uncle had tits, he’d be my aunt
Rant about a silly Horizon programme.