Writing tagged: ‘human evolution’
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Newsletter No. 19: ‘Ruinous propensity’
Darwin’s 215th birthday • moths to the flame • Darwin’s personal library • caterpillars and blue tits • more moths • Hell chickens • the birth of the moon • navel gazing • book recommendations • and more…
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Newsletter No. 17: ‘The man behind the mythology’
Coming out of hiatus • Darwin’s correspondence • Darwin and Wallace’s friendship • Darwin-related articles • and more…
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Modesty and candour: the Darwin-Wallace friendship
To mark the 200th anniversary of Wallace’s birth, an article exploring the friendship between Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.
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Newsletter No. 11: ‘Give that man a medal!’
A contentious gong • loads of links • book recommendations • Alfred Russel Wallace’s missing ‘L‘ • and more…
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Newsletter No. 10: ‘Attending a very little to species’
In which Darwin gets to work on species, and I disappear down a research rabbit-hole. With loads of links to recent Darwin- and evolution-related stories.
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Book review: ‘Human Evolution’ by Bernard Wood
A very short introduction.
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Newsletter No. 5: ‘Discovery and adventure’
Marking the anniversary of Charles Darwin setting sail aboard HMS Beagle.
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10-Jan-1860: Darwin to Lyell
On 10th January 1860, Charles Darwin wrote to his good friend the geologist Charles Lyell, humorously describing mankind’s ancestor.
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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.
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Support for ‘Out of Africa’ hypothesis
But I can’t see it convincing everyone.
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The blue moon butterfly bottleneck
How evolutionary bottlenecks can help preserve disadvantageous traits.