Darwin conference at U Chicago 16 Apr 2009 Yes, I know there are thousands of these this year, and by October we’ll all be tired of them, but this one looks like the main game: Darwin/Chicago 2009. I am, of course, upset not to be invited to speak, but there are a few good names there to make up for my absence… Evolution History
Biology Book review: Understanding Evolution 15 Apr 201415 Apr 2014 I posted this on Panda’s Thumb, but I thought I would repeat it here. I occasionally get books for review unsolicited, and many of them are not worth noticing. However, Kostas Kampourakis’ Understanding Evolution is a wonderful resource for students of all kinds, including biology students. Kampourakis, a philosopher at Geneva, has… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity Carnival of Evolution 47: All the Evolution News that’s Fit to Blog 1 May 201221 Jun 2018 Welcome to the 47th edition of the Carnival of Evolution. We have had our science reporters out in force hunting down the best of the blogosphere on evolution and related subjects, and here they are for your delectation and delight and other d-words. First some links I encountered in my… Read More
Evolution Can a Christian accept natural selection as true? 24 Mar 2008 I once sat across the table from Alex Rosenberg, a well known philosopher, who argued persuasively that one cannot be both a Christian and accept natural selection. I think Alex intended this as a reductio for Christianity, as natural selection is both true by definition and also observed in the… Read More
Probably going to fly in for this. Good groups of speakers – both scientific and non – and I’ve never actually been to Chicago (except to drive through).
Damn! Two things: – Looking at the list of speakers alone you may be fooled into thinking the conference will be held at Harvard. – Looking at the program you may wish you could be at two different places at the same time.
Damn! Two things: – Looking at the list of speakers alone you may be fooled into thinking the conference will be held at Harvard. – Looking at the program you may wish you could be at two different places at the same time.
Damn! Two things: – Looking at the list of speakers alone you may be fooled into thinking the conference will be held at Harvard. – Looking at the program you may wish you could be at two different places at the same time.
Not so great. Ruse is giving a talk: “Is Darwinism Past Its ‘Sell-by’ Date? The Challenge of Evo-Devo” I think he’s past his sell-by date.
Scott, Shubin, Futuyma, but not you? It’s all phylogeny, paleontology, ontogeny. And some guy named Kitcher talking about philosphy. Who the frak is he? He wrote his books a long time ago, so anything he has to say is so outdated.
Scott, Shubin, Futuyma, but not you? It’s all phylogeny, paleontology, ontogeny. And some guy named Kitcher talking about philosphy. Who the frak is he? He wrote his books a long time ago, so anything he has to say is so outdated.
Scott, Shubin, Futuyma, but not you? It’s all phylogeny, paleontology, ontogeny. And some guy named Kitcher talking about philosphy. Who the frak is he? He wrote his books a long time ago, so anything he has to say is so outdated.
Scott, Shubin, Futuyma, but not you? It’s all phylogeny, paleontology, ontogeny. And some guy named Kitcher talking about philosphy. Who the frak is he? He wrote his books a long time ago, so anything he has to say is so outdated.