By Charles Darwin. When he was on the Galpagos Islands in the Pacific, Darwin was strongly impressed by the different species of finches on the different islands, which, he deduced, must all have descended from just one ancestral species. …

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Darwin Discovers Natural Selection in the Galapagos Much can be read into the full title of Charles Darwin s great work, which is On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for…
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The route Darwin took is now named the Charles Darwin Walk and it leads to the top of Wentworth Falls, which even at the time of Darwin s visit, was already a popular tourist attraction. Back then you could only stand and look out over the Jamison…
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Maybe students should be introduced to both sides of every controversy? When a student sees all sides of any issue, then they can objectively decide for themselves what they want to believe. When they teach the Christian creationism belief they…
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But let s be clear: Intelligent-design theory is not science. The proof is in the pudding. Scientists, including scientists who are Christians, do not use IDT when they do science because it offers nothing in the way of testable hypotheses…
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ScienceDaily (Oct. 8, 2009) Among the many surprises associated with the discovery of the oldest known, nearly complete skeleton of a hominid is the finding that this species took its first steps toward bipedalism not on the open, grassy savanna…
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It may be surprising to learn that the father of modern evolutionary theory had doubts about his proposed explanation for life’s diversity. In an article entitled “Darwin’s Doubt, ” I address Charles Darwin’s worries about the philosophical…
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In adaptive radiation, numerous species evolve from a common ancestor introduced into an environment with diverse ecological niches. The progeny evolve genetically into customized variations of themselves, each adapting to survive in a particular…
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Charles Bradlaugh is a great grandfather of mine. My first name is Charles, my elder brothers middle name is Bradlaugh. Just found that out a few years ago from a first cousin. I had never heard of Charles Bradlaugh before I was told, always…
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An article in Rolling Stone (October 20, 1994) by Adam Miller called J. Philippe Rushton a professor of hate, someone who takes money from an organization with a terrible past (the Pioneer Fund, a foundation said to have an orientation toward…
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Charles Darwin School is the only secondary school in the Biggin Hill area. The school consists of 1, 320 secondary and sixth form students. Currently the head teacher is Mr Sunil Chotai. The school has recently received Good in an October…
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The conference season is over and I’m guessing we’ve all had enough of politics for now. I know I have … at least until the Sunday papers are out. Instead of politics, I thought I would for a change regale you with another of my favourite subjects…
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One of the objections to Charles Darwins theory of evolution was the lack of transitional forms in the fossil record forms that illustrated evolution in action, from one major group of animals to another. However, hardly a year after the publication…
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Wikipedia then hit the libraries. There is plenty of proof of new species being created. Observed instances Island genetics, the tendency of small, isolated genetic pools to produce unusual traits, has been observed in many circumstances…
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Ewen Callaway, online reporter In the Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals -- the neglected step-child of Charles Darwin s trifecta of treatises -- the father of evolution theorised that emotion and compassion were universal and naturally…
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Darwin’s Claim of Universals In Facial Expression Not Challenged Paul Ekman and Dacher Keltner Reprinted with permission from The Paul Ekman Group Paul Ekman, Emeritus Professor, University of California, San Francisco Dacher Keltner, Professor…
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