148 years ago today 24 Nov 2007 … a book was published that changed the way we thought of biology. Evolution General Science Species and systematics
Epistemology Some of my recent talks 30 May 201222 Jun 2018 I just discovered SlideRocket, a Google app that displays slides, and so I thought I’d put up some of my talks. Here goes. I hope they work. This is a talk about whether God could create a world in which Darwinian accidents occur. It ended up as a paper in Zygon: This… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity The origins of “speciation” 29 Mar 20145 Apr 2014 As I do some research on the history of speciation theories, I came across this, which is perhaps the original coining of the term: Evolution is a process of organic change and development, universal and continuous, and due to causes resident in species. Speciation, to give the other process a… Read More
Evolution Notes on Novelty 4: Examples – the beetle’s horns and the turtle’s shell 29 Dec 201121 Jun 2018 Notes on Novelty series: 1. Introduction 2. Historical considerations – before and after evolution 3: The meaning of evolutionary novelty 4: Examples – the beetle’s horns and the turtle’s shell 5: Evolutionary radiations and individuation 6: Levels of description 7: Surprise! 8: Conclusion – Post evo-devo The Beetle’s horns Beetles often have projections on their carapace… Read More
And 23 years ago today, my first personal contribution to the human gene pool arrived. I will always enjoy that coincidence.
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…..
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…