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Extinction proposed for Darwin

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 22 July, 2008 to the comment subset

It's time to stop using the term "Darwinism" argues evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson, who says that while Charles Darwin was a giant in the field of evolutionary biology, his contribution to our knowledge is by no means the be all and end all of the subject. Darwin was an amazing man, and the principal founder of evolutionary biology. But his was the first major statement on the subject, ... Read full entry

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Complete Darwin Papers Debut on Internet

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 21 April, 2008 to the comment subset

Complete Darwin Papers Debut on Internet Cambridge University has digitised and placed online the notes and illustrations of Charles Darwin, used as research material for The Origin of Species. The original draft of that seminal work, until now available only to scholars at the Cambridge University Library, is among those now online. There are even some audio samples, like the spoken-word version of the last sentence of Origin ... Read full entry

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