Evolving Complexity
Blog URL http://evolvingwithdarwin.blogspot.com/
Located Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Tags Darwin, evolution, biology, history, science, environment, fossils, natural selection, nature
News and views on science, biology, evolution and the history of natural history.
Latest Blog Posts
- Tonight -- When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs on Nov 22, 2009 in dinosaurs NGC crocodiles TV
Tonight at 9 p.m. ET/PT on the National Geographic Channel: When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs: Some hundred million years ago, crocodiles were the ruling T. rexes of the waters. They galloped on land, ambushed prey at the river's edge... even terrorized dinos...
- The Geometry of Hobbits on Nov 19, 2009 in statistics homo floresiensis hobbit Research Anthropology
The hobbit saga continues (see these other posts) with a new report which uses the statistical analysis of the fossil remains to determine that the hobbit does indeed deserve to be labeled as a new human, Homo floresiensis. From PhysOrg.com: Researc...
- The VPRO Beagle Moves On on Nov 19, 2009 in Video VPRO Beagle Voyage
The VPRO Beagle continues its journey.The reactions of Lex Runderkamp, Dirk Draulans and Redmond O'Hanlon to the recent happenings:...
- Cold-blooded Goats? on Nov 18, 2009 in mammal fossil evolution island
The fossil remains of a prehistoric goat-like artiodactyl that once lived on Mediteranean islands over 1.5 million years ago provides evidence of how some large mammals may have survived in resource-poor ecosystems. Myotragus, a Plio-Pleistocene bov...
- Tonight: Expedition Great White on NGC on Nov 16, 2009 in T.V. National Geographic shark expedition
Tonight on the National Geographic Channel, the second documentary for Expedition Week: Expedition Great White - Scientists and anglers work like a well-trained pit crew to tag a massive Great White, collect data, and get DNA samples.
- Singing Wings on Nov 15, 2009 in Ornithology behaviour bird
Male club-winged manakins vibrate their wings to create violin-like sounds to impress females, a new study says.Video Courtesy Cornell Lab of Ornithology through National Geographic.
- The internet can shrink your head... on Nov 13, 2009 in Video T.V. National Geographic Headshrinking Anthropology Amazon
National Geographic Channel will be kicking-off the second annual Expedition Week this Sunday at 9PM ET/PT. Opening the week will be the premiere documentary: Search for the Amazon Headshrinkers.When I was a young lad, around the age of 10, I discove...
