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John Wilkins is an 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 worked at the University of Queensland, in Australia, before taking up a research fellowship at the University of Sydney. 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.
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148 years ago today
Category: Evolution • General Science • Species and systematics
Posted on: November 24, 2007 9:10 AM, by John S. Wilkins
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And 23 years ago today, my first personal contribution to the human gene pool arrived. I will always enjoy that coincidence.
Posted by: Eamon Knight | November 24, 2007 4:27 PM
If a boy, did you name him Orjan?
Posted by: John S. Wilkins | November 25, 2007 1:28 AM
If a boy, did you name him Orjan?
No. At the time, we weren't aware of the significance of the date. But if we had been, of course we would have been all over that.....
Posted by: Eamon Knight | November 25, 2007 10:13 AM
You want to complain... my daughter was an elective inducement, and we scheduled it for the Friday, because Thursday was mid week. Had we thought it through, her birthday would have been 6/7/89. Oh well...
Posted by: John S. Wilkins | November 25, 2007 11:40 AM