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I am currently rereading Darwin's The Descent of Man: and Selection in Relation to Sex and found an interesting statement....
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Category: Darwin
I am currently rereading Darwin's The Descent of Man: and Selection in Relation to Sex and found an interesting statement....
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 6:05 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Darwin
Since today is Darwin's birthday you can expect that the blogosphere will be buzzing with posts about Darwin. Most will be about Darwin's scientific achievements, some will be eloquent and insightful. Others will focus on the conflict between evolution and...
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 10:15 AM • 19 Comments •
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Happy Darwin Day! Below the fold, Darwin discusses paleontological finds. Note what he says about Toxodon...
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From The formation of vegetable mould, through the action of worms, with observations on their habits...
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This is quite interesting, Darwin is responding to a reviewer:...
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 8:17 AM • •
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This really isn't a quote by Darwin, rather it is one about him. It concerns the higher education of women - in particular in the sciences:...
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 12:53 PM • 10 Comments •
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Although I myself have no moral objections to hunting and fishing some types are clearly wrong. Steel jawed traps are a good example. I was recently gratified to learn that Darwin didn't think much of steel jawed traps either....
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Don't ask me why, but I found this description of barnacles quite amusing and just what is that "...most peculiar substance, homologically connected with the generative system..." anyway? It sounds like if we sequenced the genomes of some of the...
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I found this quote interesting for what it reveals about Darwin's, early, notions of variability among species. It comes from the preface to his monograph Fossil Cirripedia of Great Britain: A monograph on the fossil Lepadidae, or pedunculated cirripedes of...
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 4:30 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Darwin Quotes
This comes from The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex...
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