There is more to evolution than the genes species inherit.
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Track marks are a way to fill in the blanks that sometimes exist in the body fossil record.
DNA analysis is beginning to reveal how wrong the long-accepted evolutionary tree is.
A long-term study of wild animal populations shows each generation is on average almost 20% genetically ‘better’ than their parents at surviving and reproducing.
In 1872, Charles Darwin published a book on expressions and emotions that modern science is only beginning to catch up with.
Assuming that natural selection shapes all animal and plant traits is a false impression. Natural selection is a mindless process.
Darwin thought female animals were non-strategic and uniform, making similar decisions.
David Attenborough’s new BBC documentary The Green Planet shows plants are stranger than they first appear.
Scientists have been using art to illuminate and share their research with the public for centuries. And art could be one way to bolster K-12 science education and scientific literacy in the public.
Parasitic wasps are body-snatchers — if you’re an insect. But these much-maligned creatures have saved millions of human lives by controlling the spread of the cassava mealybug.
A special gallery in London’s Kew Gardens allows the visitor to travel the world via the 800-plus detailed paintings of Marianne North, Victorian-era adventurer and botanical artist.
The sexual selection of larger males may be driven by an abundance – not a scarcity – of females.
First published 150 years ago, this work is shaped by Victorian-era sexual and racial stereotypes. But at a time when other evolutionists stressed humanity’s uniqueness, Darwin emphasised our ‘lowly nature’.
Smart people can have really bad ideas – like selectively breeding human beings to improve the species. Put into practice, Galton’s concept proved discriminatory, damaging, even deadly.
When allocating resources, we prioritize members of the social groups we belong to, rather than including others in our allocations. This will determine how the COVID-19 vaccine is distributed.
As editor of the magazine for 24 years, Du Bois featured articles about biology, evolution, archaeology in Africa and more to refute the rampant scientific racism of the early 20th century.
Local adaptation allows plants and animals to thrive in a diversity of places. Sometimes adaptation sharpens patterns of where organisms live, but 85% of the time, it creates a more homogeneous world.
CRISPR isn’t a tool to fix social problems.
In the television show ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ Charles Darwin’s ‘Descent of Man’ makes a cameo — and its appearance makes a comment on how Gilead functions.
In science, we look at the evidence and try to find the theory that best explains it. And that’s what happened when it came to figuring out evolution.
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Lecturer in History of Medicine/Life Science, The University of Melbourne
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Paul Braterman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Hon. Research Fellow; Professor Emeritus in Chemistry, University of Glasgow
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Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research; Professorial Fellow, Fenner School for the Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Jenny Graves is a Friend of The Conversation.
Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in Science Education, Sussex School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex
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Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology at the Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath
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Associate Professor of History, The University of Queensland
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Mark Elgar is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Evolutionary Biology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Honorary Professor, Australian National University
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Dean of Graduate Studies; Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Tourism and Regional Development, CQUniversity Australia
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Visiting Fellow, Pacific and Asian History, Australian National University
