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Inspire

June 12, 2007 | Issue 5

The Selfish Gene and Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think, By Richard Dawkins

“If you are not interested in how evolution came about, and cannot conceive how anyone could be seriously concerned about anything other than human affairs, then do not read it: it will only make you needlessly angry,” wrote John Maynard Smith about The Selfish Gene.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Resources
 

Inspire

August 3, 2006 | Issue 1

Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life, By Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb

In The Origin of Species, published in 1859, Charles Darwin described evolution as a process subject to diverse influences. Natural selection, of course, leads to adaptation in a manner similar to the changes elicited by breeders of pets or livestock.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Resources
   

Understand

July 31, 2006 | Issue 2

A new tree of life

At the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, Peer Bork’s research group has meticulously reconstructed a new tree of life – tracing the course of evolution. Russ Hodge explains.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Biology