Wallace Type post Author Michael Flannery Date July 30, 2018 CategoriesBotanyEvolution Tagged , __k-review, A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, evolution, HMS Beagle, Island Life, Joseph Conrad, Joseph Hooker, Linnean Society, Malay Archipelago, Michael Flannery, Nature's Prophet, Palms of the Amazon and Rio Negro, Robert Chambers, Samuel Stevens, Sarawak Law, Somerset Maugham, South America, The Malay Archipelago, Use, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, Walter Henry Bates Alfred Russel Wallace: A Life in Science, Rediscovered Michael Flannery July 30, 2018 Botany, Evolution 8 Despite the notoriety of Wallace in his own day, he remains a comparatively obscure figure in the history of biology. Read More ›
finches Type post Date February 28, 2018 CategoriesBiologyEvolution Tagged , __k-review, Adaptive Radiation, alleles, anole lizard, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Finches, Galápagos Islands, genes, HMS Beagle, Jonathan Wells, Mr. Potato Head, mutation/selection mechanism, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Neanderthals, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Research, speciation, University of British Columbia, Zombie Science (book) Finch Varieties in New Guinea Undercut Iconic Galápagos Finch Story Science and Culture February 28, 2018 Biology, Evolution 10 Finches on another island “would leave even Charles Darwin scratching his head.” But do they “help solve an evolutionary puzzle”? Read More ›
Wilson Darwin Type post Author Jonathan Wells Date February 2, 2018 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __k-review, A. N. Wilson, Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker, Darwinism, Edward Blyth, Erasmus Darwin, fossil record, HMS Beagle, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Jerry Coyne, macroevolution, Michael Flannery, microevolution, Richard Dawkins, Robert Chambers, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, Yuri Filipchenko A.N. Wilson Is Right: “Darwin Was Wrong” Jonathan Wells February 2, 2018 Evolution 5 I enjoyed Wilson's book, and I learned a lot from it. But this biography’s most interesting feature is its firm rejection of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Read More ›
