Evolution

Evolution is a scientific theory that explains the diversity of life on earth, how it arrived at this point, and how it continues to change. It's "father" is usually considered to be Charles Darwin, with his On the Origin of Species.

Many bloggers are charting discoveries about the process of evolution, discussing technical debates about the details, reviewing books on the subject, or celebrating more unusual ways of looking at fossils.

The term can also be used more broadly to refer to any process of developmental change, for example in social or cultural practices or in manufactured goods and technology.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Evolution”

• Darwinists terrified by Ray Comfort’s new ministry

  
  No Apologies — Authority: 147
  Newswise – November 16, 2009 Don’t Diss Darwin! Source: National Center for Science Education Does Darwin’s On the Origin of Species need a special introduction? Creationist Ray Comfort thinks so. On Thursday, November 19, mere days before the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s Origin, ...
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• Bill Moyers Talks to Robert Wright About the Evolution of God

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 143
  I think it’s fair to characterize Robert Wright’s book this way: he has traced what he himself calls “the history of an illusion” to something less and less illusory. In other words, the history of religion, for Wright, is a honing in on ideas about God that are less deluded and more probable. Here’s Bill ...
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• Sarah Palin and the Dinosaurs

  
  Liberal Values — Authority: 142
  Marc Ambinder shows how Sarah Palin is on the dumb end of the creationist spectrum. Of course we already knew this last September .
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• NCSE Breaks Out the Funny

  
  Little Green Footballs — Authority: 611
  Here’s some not entirely unsuccessful science humor from the National Center for Science Education, taking down creationist Ray Comfort and his ridiculous “special” version of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species.” [Video]
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• Science Cabaret

  
  The Loom — Authority: 598
  Here’s a fun talk I had Saturday on Science Cabaret, a radio show on WICB in Ithaca. The host, Jennifer Nelson, is a graduate student at Cornell and has only been interviewing people about science for two months, but she’s clearly a natural at this. At the Science Cabaret site, you can listen to her earlier ...
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• FIA GT 2008 for GTR Evolution – Released

  
  VirtualR - Sim Racing News — Authority: 141
  Zand has released his FIA GT 2008 mod for GTR Evolution, bringing last year’s FIA GT Championship season to the simulation.The mod contains all GT1 and GT2 class cars that competed in 2008, combining several mods that have been released for GTR Evolution before. Mods that have been used include the GTR2GT mod, the ...
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• Right-handed chimps and clues to language origins

  
  Darwiniana — Authority: 155
  Right-Handed Chimpanzees Provide Clues to the Origin of Human LanguageScienceDaily (Nov. 16, 2009) — Most of the linguistic functions in humans are controlled by the left cerebral hemisphere. A study of captive chimpanzees at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center (Atlanta, Georgia), reported in the January ...
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• Porsche challenges you to guess which 911 you are listening to

  
  Autoblog — Authority: 788
  Filed under: Motorsports , Coupe , Performance , Etc. , Europe , Porsche A Trio of Porsche 911s - click above for high-res image gallery And if you get em all right, you get a chance to win your way into a Porsche 911 Evolution driving course. Which, we have to say, is pretty dang cool. Heres how ...
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• An Ectothermic Mammal Found?

  
  The Dragon's Tales — Authority: 132
  A prehistoric goat survived for millennia on a resource-poor island by living like a reptile—changing its growth rate and metabolism to match the available food supply, according to a new study of the animals bones. The discovery marks the first time scientists have seen this cold-blooded survival strategy in ...
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• Can You Say Extinction?

  
  Dawns Divine Designs and Writings, "A Business and Spiritual Site" — Authority: 139
  I located the picture of the fossil basing Darwins view, which resembles a crocodile. Now if they can not find the same mammal today, that does not mean it EVOLVED into something else. It means EXINCT. I mean they are not considering extinction? I believe the photograph I found was not the skull head in sussex, I ...
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• Deformity symptoms Of the Skull

  
  Dawns Divine Designs and Writings, "A Business and Spiritual Site" — Authority: 139
  For hard core evolutionists who do not know that skulls can come deformed even now. Good luck telling them it is ape syndrome or offset of not evolving properly. You might not wear your head very long if you do that one. I mean they might chew it off and call you ignorant if you tell them they are half animal or ...
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• The Information Challenge By Richard Dawkins

  
  irReligion.org — Authority: 468
  The Information Challenge By Richard Dawkins In September 1997, I allowed an Australian film crew into my house in Oxford without realising that their purpose was creationist propaganda. In the course of a suspiciously amateurish interview, they issued a truculent challenge to me to “give an example of a genetic ...
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• Barcode Evolution: Make A Statement!

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 598
    Japan is one of the most fashionable countries in the world. Rich in culture and heritage, the country is far from being a foreigner to awesome buildings and anything electronic that makes people go wow. It’s often whispered amongst those who envy these people that the Japs can turn anything into a fashion ...
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• Creationist Wisdom — Example 83: Protoplasm

  
  The Sensuous Curmudgeon — Authority: 478
  WE present to you, dear reader, a spectacular letter-to-the-editor: Individual scientists, not science, conflict with God , which appears in the Rome News-Tribune of Rome, Georgia , population 34,980, the largest city in Northwest Georgia. We’ll copy most of today’s letter, omitting the writer’s name and ...
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• ASSASSIN’S CREED LINEAGE: 35 Minute Movie From G4

  
  Playstation ThEvolution — Authority: 136
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• Porsche 911 Evolution Experience

  
  WebRidesTV Blog — Authority: 139
  The Porsche Experience Center has worked up a unique new offering for 911 enthusiasts. To illustrate just how Germany’s most iconic sports car has grown over the years, the center has started a new program where drivers can sample the 911 from various generations. Want to slide behind the steering wheel of the ...
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• Birth of a New Species Witnessed by Scientists

  
  Wired Science — Authority: 769
  On one of the Galapagos islands whose finches shaped the theories of a young Charles Darwin, biologists have witnessed that elusive moment when a single species splits in two. In many ways, the split followed predictable patterns, requiring a hybrid newcomer who’d already taken baby steps down a new evolutionary ...
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• Extinct goat was "similar to crocodiles"

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 140
  It sounds like something out of Greek mythology: a half-goat, half-reptilian creature. But researchers have discovered that an extinct species of goat, the Balearic Island cave goat or Myotragus balearicus , survived in nutrient-poor Mediterranean islands by evolving reptilian-specific characteristics. The goat, much ...
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• Om nom nom nom

  
  Blasphemes — Authority: 137
  Thought youd like this. Saw it on a car the other day.
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