Charles Darwin worried that the fossil record looked strangely abrupt, with complex animals appearing in a geological instant ...
The oldest fossilised remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...
What do the finches of the Galapagos Islands and the lizards of a tiny island at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden have in common? They’ve both shaped ideas on evolution. But the lizards of Fairchild ...
Introduction / Janet Browne -- The fetus, the fish heart and the fruit fly : a reflection on Darwin's chapter 1. The evidence of the descent of man from some lower form / Alice Roberts -- Remarkable, ...
It wasn't long after the famed scientist Charles Darwin died that the rumors started. Within a week of his death on April 19, 1882, a preacher in Wales "confirmed" for his parishioners that the father ...
Winner of the 1959 PHI BETA KAPPA Science Award. Contents The age of discover. The voyagers ; The two ladders and the scale of being ; The Baconian and humanistic traditions in natural history ; ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Bettmann/Getty Images Charles Darwin was a 19th century British naturalist. He is best ...
A caricature of Darwin from a German satirical magazine, Kladderadatsch published in 1925, showing the American anti-evolutionist William Jennings Bryan getting to heaven and shocked to see St Peter ...
Evolution Weekend precedes Darwin’s birthday — known as “Darwin Day” — on Feb. 12. In the Capital Region, a growing number of groups are holding lectures and other activities to honor Darwin, raise ...