Wilson-Watson-Darwin

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"Origin of the Specious"

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In Further Celebration of Darwin

In this week of Darwin commemoration, HERE an archive of essays from the late Stephen Jay Gould, and other writers on evolution topics. Nice compendium; worth a look and some readin'.....To find more posts from the blogosphere celebrating Charles Darwin this week visit here:http://citizenship.typepad.com/blogfordarwin/***************************

In Honor of Darwin...

The Watson-Crick Paper: As most know, in honor of the bicentennial celebration of Charles Darwin's birth (today!) many science-related websites are doing posts specifically related to the great father of 'evolution.' I figured I'd take a slightly different tack here...To this day, one of the best, most succinctly-written (1 page!) examples of science ever published is still the original

Sir David

Author, naturalist, filmographer, etc. etc. Sir David Attenborough in an interview (excerpts) with the BBC prior to release of his latest documentary work, in honor of the bicentennial of Darwin's birth, "Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life." :And compendium of Attenborough's books here.**********************