An essay on the evolution of human evolution 12 Aug 2007 Laelaps has a very nice essay that ranges from the number of ribs humans have, the book of Genesis, creationism, and the variety of stories told about human evolution from the nineteenth century to now. Go read it. It’s one of the few blog posts in which you’ll read of petrified testicles… [HT: Afarensis] Evolution History Social evolution Species and systematics
Administrative Travel Diary 13: Berkeley talk 6 Nov 2009 Well, yet again I have utterly utterly failed to embarrass my university by making an idiot of myself in public. In short, the talk (on the Essentialism Myth) to the Vertebrate Zoology crowd at Berkeley went very well I am told. I believe them because instead of sending me on… Read More
Education The commodification of learning 16 Dec 2008 The Bradley Report [Here] is proposing, among other things, that [Australian] students have vouchers to attend the university they want to, rather than making the university the funding recipient directly. Two things stand out to me. One is that this makes higher learning a marketable commodity, in which the desires… Read More
Thank you for the link, John! I initially intended to only review a few papers, but I got sucked in (my wife knew that I would be lost to blogging for most of the day). I’ve still got to add a few illustrations later today, but I am glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.
It’s one of the few blog posts in which you’ll read of petrified testicles… Haven’t been reading my wife’s blog, eh? Brian’s blog looks very interesting Thanks for the pointer.
Just breezing through the article, the one thing that struck me is how much the Neandertal rendering from Colbert’s Evolution of the Verterbrates looks like Benjamin Disraeli.