Adapted from Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin © 2008. Reprinted with permission by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc. Shubin, Chicago’s Robert R. (…)
Entries from January 2008
Fish out of water
January 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: General · Humans Evolution
City dinosaur not desert dweller
January 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Scientists continue to learn more about Thecodontosaurus
New research into the Bristol dinosaur Thecodontosaurus suggests it lived on subtropical islands around the city and not in a desert. (…)
Flesh wound reveals dino secrets
January 14th, 2008 · No Comments
A fossil unearthed in China has given scientists a rare glimpse of what dinosaurs were like in the flesh. (…)
Scientists discover molecular basis of monarch butterfly migration
January 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Since its discovery, the annual migration of eastern North American monarch butterflies has captivated the human imagination and spirit. (…)
Tags: General
The eye as a contingent, diverse, complex product of evolutionary processes
January 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment
PZ Myers wrote an excellent article on the evolution of the eye. Nice read.
How different are animal eyes? (…)
Tags: General · Humans Evolution