Images on evolution outreach 17 Jan 200818 Sep 2017 Colin Purrington has a nice set of publicly available images for use in pro-science talks. Go check ’em out. Evolution Politics
Evolution Sociobiology 2: Theoretical foundations 18 Nov 2007 Wilson and Wilson begin by reviewing the reasons why sociobiology of the 1970s was rejected. They focus on the arguments against group selection. Read More
Biology Last year in Lisbon… 13 Jul 2010 I attended an excellent conference organised by the wonderful Nathalie Gontier at the Faculdade de Ciências of the Universidade de Lisboa, in April last year. Now, the proceedings has been published in a special issue of Theory in Biosciences here. These are the contents: Double Special Issue: Darwin evaluated by… Read More
Evolution Who started the rumor that Darwin doesn't explain the origin of species in the Origin? 23 Feb 2010 In my book I had thought that it was the George Campbell, Duke of Argyll, and I have just found this, by E. B. Poulton: The Duke of Argyll in his address1 to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, December 5, 1864, had said:— “Strictly speaking, therefore, Mr. Darwin’s theory is… Read More
Many of them are excellent and many are hilarious. However, I question whether some of them would be all that effective for any type of outreach program for those who don’t currently believe in or understand evolution. Some of them perpetuate the idea that science and religion are completely opposed and one has to choose sides. In a country where 90% of people say they believe in God, that’s probably not the best outreach method to take.