When evolution skeptics want to attack Darwin's theory, they often point to the human eye. How could something so complex, they argue, have developed through random mutations and natural selection, ...
New research from Michigan State University suggests that natural selection, famous for rewarding advantageous differences in organisms, can also preserve similarities. Reporting in the journals New ...
At only 22 years of age, Charles Darwin went on a voyage that would forever change our understanding of the world. Studying birds, he noticed that finches from one island had differently shaped beaks ...
A strange tiny species of crustacean has challenged the way we think about natural selection and evolution. This microscopic animal, known as a water flea or Daphnia pulex, generates genetic variation ...
1. Origins and the Greeks / Jeremy Kirby -- 2. Evolution before Darwin / Michael Ruse -- 3. Charles Darwin's geology : the root of his philosophy of the earth / David Norman -- 4. Looking back with ...
Natural Selection: Common Misconceptions — reveals common pitfalls in the teaching of evolution through natural selection and suggests effective practices for ...
A docudrama series focusing on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection; it uses reconstruction of the 19th century with present day documentary.