We know that Darwin was a biologist, and in many ways he was the first prominent modern biologist. But many people do not realize that he was also a geologist. Really, he was mainly a geologist on the day he stepped foot on The Beagle for his famous five year tour. This is especially true if we count his work on coral reefs as a geological study, even though coral reefs are a biological phenomenon. After all, the standing model for coral...
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan State University wants the world to know that evolution science pioneer Charles Darwin was a rock star first.
The MSU Museum on Sunday afternoon presents its annual Darwin Discovery Day and this year's theme is...
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Today, February 12, 2012 is the 203rd anniversary of the day that both Charles Darwin's and Abraham Lincoln were born!
February 12, 1909 is also the day the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was incorporated.
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” –Charles Darwin Tomorrow, on what would have been Charles Darwin’s 203rd birthday, the scientist ...
To say Charles Darwin’s Origin of the Species changed the landscape for discussions about science and religion would be a drastic understatement. Origin’s publication in 1859 was more like a new big bang; its aftershock has rippled through discussions about the relationship between science and religion to the present. Articles describing the interaction between Mormonism and [...]
A community portal about Charles Darwin with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist who achieved lasting fame by convincing the scientific community of the occurrence of evolution and proposing that this could be explained through natural and sexual selection. His theories are now...more
A community portal about Charles Darwin with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist who achieved lasting fame by convincing the scientific community of the occurrence of evolution and proposing that this could be explained through natural and sexual selection. His theories are now considered the foundation stone of biology, and have significantly affected other disciplines such as philosophy, psychology and anthropology.