Evolution Talk

We can make broad predictive strokes when it comes to how an organism will evolve. But that's all we can do. What those changes will look like, if they happen at all, is beyond our power to know. Does...

7 Sep 201520min

Every good story needs a villain. And there has been quite a few in the history of evolution theory. History has not been kind to Richard Owen. But just like the story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Owen h...

31 Aug 201525min

In 2005 biologist Michael Skinner witnessed something that shouldn't have happened. His mice were exposed to a toxin. A toxin which caused the children of these mice to experience birth defects. This ...

24 Aug 201516min

If you've ever wondered why mice have been, and continue to be, science's favorite research tools it's becaus we are a lot a like. Yes, that little four legged furry bundle of whiskers and pink feet s...

17 Aug 201517min

In 2003 something was found in a large limestone cave located in Liang Bua, Flores. It was a small skull which was at first identified as being that of a small child. Upon further examination there wa...

10 Aug 201518min

Evolutionary psychology seeks to explain why we feel the way we do in certain situations. It also looks to understand what psychological adaptations were naturally selected to accompany us on our jour...

3 Aug 201520min

Darwin himself never used the term 'missing link'. He wasn't concerned with a missing link but he was concerned with gaps in the fossil record. It wasn't that he thought these gaps hurt his theory. So...

27 Juli 201512min

Mankind has only just begun to unlock the secrets hidden within our DNA. As we move from gene to gene we will begin to see how it all ties together, and where evolution made a few mistakes. It will be...

20 Juli 201514min