The evolution of the nervous system 19 Sep 2009 Nature Reviews Neuroscience has a special issue out on the evolution of the nervous system. Good for them as has access… Evolution
Ecology and Biodiversity Good news, and bad news… 17 Apr 2008 First, the good news. The inestimable John van Whye has added, with the help of his team of course, 90,000 scanned images of Darwin’s journals, manuscripts and letters. Now the bad news. The Utrecht Herbarium is closing, and no plans have been made to store and make available its collection… Read More
Book A philosopher reviews a biologist on evolution 24 Mar 2009 Anthony Grayling, who does a really interesting review column in the Barnes and Noble Review, entitled “A Thinking Read”, has a piece on Jerry Coyne’s book Why Evolution is True. This saves me having to read it and review it for you myself. The column title is a pun on… Read More
Evolution Upstream Issues 3 Nov 2007 Oh, I just know this is going to get enmeshed in arguments about framing, but I don’t care. A new movement in the UK, home of democracy as we know it, involves scientists getting out there and active in public engagement. So what? I hear you ask. This is old… Read More
Should be an interesting read. I’ve been reading up quite a bit on CNS evo-devo. It is an intereting case study in how evo-devo has brought evolutionary narratives back into the fore. Few seem to be asking if this is really the best thing evo-devo has to offer.