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Entries from November 2006

Academies of Sciences call for “evidence-based” teaching of evolution in schools.

November 27th, 2006 · No Comments

I have started a download categories of which i will host interesting articles / papers that i found throughout the internet and made available for download. (…)

Tags: Downloads · General

World’s smallest fish

November 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment

This might be old news to some of you but i have just read it and found that the smallest fishes just live nearby… so here it is
Researchers have found one of the smallest known fish on record in the peat swamps of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. (…)

Tags: General

“Instant” Evolution Seen in Darwin’s Finches, Study Says

November 26th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Evolution may sometimes happen so fast that it’s hard to catch in action, a new study of Galápagos finches suggests. (…)

Tags: General · Natural Selection

50 myths about evolution … and counting

November 26th, 2006 · 1 Comment

fun read…
1) Evolution gives you what you need
2) We popped out of monkeys one day
3) The theory of evolution is tied to the big bang theory
4) The theory of evolution says random chemicals mysteriously made the first cell
5) Darwin took back his theory of evolution on his death bed (that’s an urban myth created by Christians)
6) They eye accidentally formed itself somehow. (…)

Tags: General

Greatest Mass Extinction Gave Oceans a Face Lift

November 26th, 2006 · No Comments

The largest extinction in Earth’s history not only wiped out 95 percent of sea creatures and 70 percent of land animals, it also gave the oceans a fundamental “face lift,” according to a new study. (…)

Tags: Dinosaurs · General