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What makes ostriches such fast runners? Nina Schaller has spent nearly a decade investigating.
Evolutionary geneticist Svante Pääbo tells Eleanor Hayes how he excavates the genome to understand human evolution.
Tim Birkhead tells Karin Ranero Celius about promiscuous birds and teaching science students.
How short is ‘very short’? Well, pretty short – between 120 and 150 pages. The pages are small, too, 175 mm x 110 mm, but then so is the type. ‘Introduction?’ …well, it depends what’s being introduced.
Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution gives a detailed account of the ten events that author Nick Lane considers to be the most important in establishing the direction that evolution has taken ever since the beginning of life on Earth.
How do fossils form around hydrothermal vents? Crispin Little describes how he and his team found out – by making their own fossils.
Are you looking for ideas to spice up your earth science class? Why not try out one of the rich collection of activities developed by Chris King, Elizabeth Devon and Peter Kennett from Earth Learning Idea.
When I recently told a taxi driver that I was on my way to give a lecture on evolution in northern Germany, the young man asked me, looking straight ahead, “So, do you think Darwin got it right?” A bit taken aback, I answered that yes, by and large, Darwin had got it just right – only to be…
We know that particular genetic sequences can help us to survive in our environment – this is the basis of evolution. But demonstrating which genetic sequences are beneficial and how they help us to survive is not easy – especially in wild populations. Jarek Bryk describes some relevant recent…
Birds on the run: what makes ostriches so fast?
An archaeologist of the genome: Svante Pääbo
Battle of the birds: interview with Tim Birkhead
Very Short Introductions to Evolution, Human Evolution and the History of Life, By Brian and Deborah Charlesworth (Evolution), Bernard Wood (Human Evolution) and Michael J Benton (The History of Life)
Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution, By Nick Lane
Hot stuff in the deep sea
Getting down to Earth: ideas for the earth science classroom
Why Evolution is True, By Jerry A. Coyne
Natural selection at the molecular level