Morgan Housel, on the art and power of storytelling: C. R. Hallpike is a respected anthropologist who once wrote a review of a young author’s recent book on the history of humans. It states: “It would be fair to say that whenever his facts are broadly correct they are not new, and whenever he tries to strike out on his own…
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Looking back at Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’
The famed naturalist was haunted by one evolutionary mystery that proved too difficult for even him to solve. Darwin, whose work on the science of evo… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/343327/looking-back-at-darwins-abominable-mystery…
2 of Darwin’s famous notebooks, including iconic ‘Tree of Life’ sketch, are missing
Two notebooks Darwin filled after his HMS Beagle expedition are missing, possibly stolen. Source: https://www.livescience.com/darwin-lost-stolen-notebooks.html
Evolution: Why it seems to have a direction, and what to expect next
Does evolution always and inevitably generates greater diversity and complexity, having a predictable direction? Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/evolution-direction-what-to-expect-next…
Urban Foxes May Be Self-Domesticating In Our Midst
sciencehabit quotes Science magazine: In a famous Siberian experiment carried out the 1950s, scientists turned foxes into tame, doglike canines by breeding only the least aggressive ones generation after generation. The creatures developed stubby snouts, floppy ears, and even began to bark. Now, it appears that some rural red foxes in the United Kingdom are doing this on their own. When…
Why do scientists give some species such unusual names?
The strange ways we name new species and the politics involved is explained in Stephen Heard’s book Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632831-000-why-do-scientists-give-some-species-such-unusual-names/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Fossil skull suggests human ancestors emerged 200,000 years earlier than thought
This newly discovered fossil is a hugely important find, say scientists. It means that one of our earliest ancestors possibly originated in southern Africa. Read more Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/fossil-skull-human-ancestors-emerged-200000-years-earlier…