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John Wilkins is an aged, eternal student, who thinks philosophy of biology is at least as interesting as politics or sport and twice as important. He has a PhD from the University of Melbourne and a position as a Postdoctoral Fellow Sessional Lecturer at the University of Queensland, in Australia. After a varied career, involving factories, gardening, civil service, publishing, graphics, public relations but not, unfortunately for the CV, driving a truck, John finally completed his thesis on species concepts in 2004, which he has worked into two books. Species Definitions: A Sourcebook (Peter Lang) will come out in 2008; Species: A History of an Idea (University of California Press) will appear, it is hoped, in early 2009. He is also interested in cultural evolution, philosophy of religion, Macintosh computers and his kids.
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Darren Naish arrives
Category: Administrative • Evolution • General Science
Posted on: January 24, 2007 9:50 PM, by John S. Wilkins
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[pedant]Blood drinking, surely? Or do they boil it into a black pudding, and then fry it?[/pedant]
Bob
Posted by: Bob O'H | January 25, 2007 2:12 AM
Yes. They're Lancastrians, and proponents of Ecky Thump.
Posted by: John Wilkins | January 25, 2007 2:28 AM