Tag Archive | "evolution"
Ice: the Cradle of Life?
It is one of the most sought after answers in modern science: where did life come from? How did those first molecules put themselves together in such a way as to form molecular machinery capable of reproducing itself and thereby fueling the creation of the vast and amazing diversity we see on this planet today?
Continue reading...Natural History Museum Celebrates Charles Darwin
Friday, September 12, 2008
Nearly 200 years after his birth, the ideas that Charles Darwin came to embody are still nearly as controversial today as they were when he published Origin of Species. The Natural History Museum in London, however, has decided to ignore the controversy for the most part and focus on the great contributions Darwin made to the field of biology.
Continue reading...Stalin’s Deranged Vision of a Human-Ape Super Race
Thursday, June 5, 2008
The Institute of Experimental Pathology and Therapy was the world’s first ever primate testing centre, revolutionary in its medical discoveries and responsible for sending monkeys into outer space. The institute which was once the envy of the West, is now a dilapidated shell of its former glory. [...]
Continue reading...How Fast Can Evolution Move, Exactly?
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
It’s always been a cornerstone of Darwinian theory that evolution moves at an achingly slow pace. So slow in fact, that us humans can’t notice it and have to examine the archaeological record to confirm it. Image from estelucy Recently, however, there have been some high-profile exceptions to that, [...]
Continue reading...Scientists Recreate Neanderthal Voices
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Thanks to some very complex research and a computer synthesizer, scientists have obtained a rough estimation of what a Neanderthal voice must have sounded like. OOG! Image from Flickr That’s a very basic building block, and perhaps the only one we’ll ever obtain, towards figuring out the language [...]
Continue reading...The World’s Fastest Evolving Animal
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
A recent study has found that the tuatara, a “living dinosaur” found in New Zealand, is the fastest evolving animal in the world. The tuatara is an ecological oddity. While it resembles a lizard, it’s equally related to both lizards and snakes. This has made
Continue reading...The Mystery of the Murdered Sea Mammals
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
The Galapagos Islands are world famous for their environment. Who is massacring sea lions on the Galapagos Islands? Image by Carlos Ponte But now it seems that the islands’ ecology and environment are being threatened by their own growing popularity, alien animal species, even
Continue reading...Elephants Evolve Smaller Tusks Due to Poaching
Sunday, January 20, 2008
A species’ evolution has long been thought to take thousands of years to produce seemingly minor changes. It appears that in at least one case, however, evolution is occurring at what seems
Continue reading...Mother Earth: The Evolution of Man
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Welcome to the 12th post in the series we’re calling Mother Earth. So far
Continue reading...Mother Earth: Mammals: The Underdogs Triumph
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Welcome to the 11th post in the series we’re calling Mother Earth. So far we’ve covered
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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