January 5, 2012
Creationism creeps into mainstream geology
It was easy to miss the part where the field trip leader said the outcrop formed during Noah’s Flood. After all, “During these catastrophic flood …
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January 5, 2012
Benchmarks: November 22, 1859: "On the Origin of Species" published
About a decade ago, I was fortunate enough to hold in my hands a first edition of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species.” The green cover …
January 5, 2012
Benchmarks: February 12, 1809: Charles Robert Darwin is born - and so began modern biology
As celebrations in honor of Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday are in full swing this month, a revolution is rumbling through evolutionary biology. …
January 5, 2012
Before Lucy: Older hominid Ardi challenges thinking about human evolution
Lucy, the 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis fossil, has long been the poster child for early human evolution. But now she’ll have …
January 5, 2012
"Missing link" or major hype?
A squirrel-sized primate that lived 47 million years ago in the rainforests of Europe may be the common ancestor of monkeys, apes and humans, …