More on why Brian Blessed is a monkey 26 Apr 201126 Apr 2011 If this worked, you should see a rather nice, if occasionally naughty language using, discussion of the point I made I little while ago why we should redefine terms like “monkey” to include humans. Sorry John Hawks… Evolution Natural Classification Species and systematics Systematics
Biology Book reviews 24 Apr 2010 Several interesting book reviews arrived in my feed this morning, of books I have not read. Jerry Coyne reviews FAPP’s What Darwin Got Wrong alongside Dawkins’ The Greatest Show on Earth. I cannot help but think that he is on the one hand very easy on Dawkins and fails to… Read More
Evolution India and evolution 1 Dec 2009 I am constantly impressed by the quality and intellectual nature of articles in English language Indian sites and newspapers. This one, by Vikram Doctor, discusses the influence and ideas of Edward Blyth on Charles Darwin. He points out that Blyth is, unfortunately, only remembered because the anti-Darwinians have tried to… Read More
Evolution No dino pee 5 Jun 2009 Tom Holtz, palentologist at the University of Maryland, gives a guarded review for Land of the Lost at National Geographic‘s website. The summary? No pee, but feathers. Read More
“my dog’s a cat but he’s really fat and I shove him under the welcome mat doesn’t know where he’s going to and he doesn’t know where he’s been” Dag Nasty http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwD6B3dRY8Y&feature=youtu.be