Amazingly, I got a reply (most people ignore me because I’m not famous): Thanks for your interest. I think those quotes can be seen in the context of Darwin making the point that species are not… more →
fishSNORKELfishsnorkel wrote 1 day ago: Amazingly, I got a reply (most people ignore me because I’m not famous): Thanks for your inter … more →
fishsnorkel wrote 1 day ago: James Randerson wrote in article in the Guardian last Saturday claiming that a conservationist is … more →
metousiosis wrote 5 days ago: Yet another interview with Richard Dawkins on the sesquicentennial of the publication of On the Orig … more →
almf wrote 6 days ago: - As a result of receiving a mallard and a treatise on species variation from his friend Alfred Russ … more →
metousiosis wrote 1 week ago: It may metaphorically be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinising, throughout th … more →
Annie wrote 1 week ago: Today marks the 150th anniversary of Origin of Species. I’m super excited about it; I’m … more →
fnord wrote 1 week ago: Evolution Day is the anniversary of the first publication of The Origin of Species on November 24, 1 … more →
Lizzy wrote 1 week ago: The Origin of Species has been on my To Be Read pile for at least five years. As 2009 marks the 200t … more →
Annie wrote 1 week ago: I realized today that I will have biology on Tuesday, which marks the 150th anniversary of The Origi … more →
fishsnorkel wrote 2 weeks ago: “Thus, to return to our imaginary illustration of the flying-fish, it does not seem probable t … more →
fishsnorkel wrote 2 weeks ago: “Now with the early progenitors of mammals, almost before they deserved to be thus designated, … more →
fishsnorkel wrote 2 weeks ago: “Insects often resemble for the sake of protection various objects, such as green or decayed l … more →
TGO wrote 2 weeks ago: The Vatican engaging in science??? What a bunch of hypocrites!!! I wrote an entire page on this. Unf … more →
fishsnorkel wrote 3 weeks ago: “Lastly, more than one writer has asked, why have some animals had their mental powers more hi … more →
fishsnorkel wrote 3 weeks ago: “It is indeed manifest that multitudes of species are related in the closest manner to other s … more →
fishsnorkel wrote 3 weeks ago: “But it may be objected that if all organic beings thus tend to rise in the scale, how is it t … more →
fishsnorkel wrote 3 weeks ago: “In order that any great amount of modification should be effected in a species, a variety whe … more →
fishsnorkel wrote 3 weeks ago: “It has, also, recently been ascertained on sufficient evidence, by Adolf Müller, that the cuc … more →
fishsnorkel wrote 3 weeks ago: “Again, islands often possess trees or bushes belonging to orders which elsewhere include only … more →