Larry Whiteside, Globe Staff
In 1859 Charles Darwin submitted a manuscript entitled “An Abstract of an Essay on the Origin of Species and Varieties through Natural Selection” to John Murray III, who published the text under the title On the Origin of Species. On many pages of this book, Darwin contrasts his naturalistic...
In 1997, the first Darwin Day consisted of an information booth, a film series at the UTK library, a book display in the campus bookstore, initiation of the organization’s webpage, and a keynote address by Dr. Douglas Futuyma on “Evolution, Science, and Society.” Since that time, ou...
Language Arts GED practice test focuses on assessing these three basic skills: the ability to read closely, the ability to write clearly, and the ability to understand and edit written English in context. Twenty-five percent of the test covers literature, while the remaining 75% is dedicated to...
Second, were the criticisms of the peppered moth story justified? Third, should the peppered moth story be taught in the classrooms and lecture rooms as an example that illustrates the central mechanism of Darwin’s theory of evolution: natural selection?
evolutionary processes that have shapedG. magnirostrisgenes and its genome, and provide the necessary foundation upon which to build population genomics resources that will shed light on more contemporaneous adaptive and non-adaptive processes that have contributed to the evolution of the Darwin’s ...
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The Art of Evolution: Darwin, Darwinisms, and Visual Culture. Lebanon, NH: Dartmouth College Press, 2009. Pp. 332. ISBN 978-158465-775-0 "Darwin's effect on culture is perhaps greater than that of any other scientist" (1). One cannot agree m...
doi:10.1186/s12915-017-0369-3J. Roman ArguelloRichard BentonBioMed CentralBmc BiologyArguello, J. R., and Benton, R. (2017). Open questions: tackling Darwin's ``instincts'': the genetic basis of behavioral evolution. BMC Biol. 15:26. doi: 10.1186/s12915-017-0369-3...