Evolution Diary

Richard Dawkins talks about his latest book “The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence For Evolution” at the Edinburgh Book Festival 2009. (…)

Jerry Coyne explains ‘Why Evolution Is True’ (also the title of his excellent new book) at the Atheist Alliance International 2009 conference, sponsored by The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. (…)

Singapore: How humans evolved could one day be scientifically reconstucted through a project involving Singapore’s A*STAR scientists, who will help collect tissue and DNA samples from 10,000 species of animals. (…)

Primate fossil ‘not an ancestor’
The exceptionally well-preserved fossil primate known as “Ida” is not a missing link as some have claimed, according to an analysis in the journal Nature. (…)

A 21-year Michigan State University experiment that distills the essence of evolution in laboratory flasks not only demonstrates natural selection at work, but could lead to biotechnology and medical research advances, researchers said. (…)