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melittle.jpg Laelaps is the blog of Brian Switek, a freelance science writer based in New Jersey. This blog frequently features his musings on paleontology, evolution, and the history of science. Switek also blogs for Smithsonian magazine's Dinosaur Tracking.

Switek's first book, Written in Stone, will be published on November 1, 2010 by Bellevue Literary Press.

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Futurama's take on the Red Queen hypothesis

Category: Evolution
Posted on: March 8, 2009 9:33 PM, by Brian Switek

If I ever have the chance to deliver a lecture on evolution again I may just have to use this clip (from Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder);


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1

WOW. That is going into every class I teach.

Posted by: Carlie | March 8, 2009 10:22 PM

2

I'm pretty sure a science lecture just isn't a science lecture without a Futurama reference these days.

Posted by: Fertanish | March 9, 2009 12:12 PM

3

Brilliant.

Posted by: jurassiraptor | March 9, 2009 6:49 PM

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