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Professor Olsen @ Large
http://diogenesii.wordpress.com
This blog includes 1) posts on topics of interest to me, especially evolutionary biology, the history of biology, and human rights, and 2) resources for my students in the classes I teach.
- Added on: Nov 29th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: diogenesii
- Listed in: Science Gay and Lesbian
- Tags: Evolution creationism human evolution evolutionary biology
Recent Posts
December 23, 1924 (a Tuesday)
On this date, Raymond Dart completed his work removing the first fossil skull of Australopithecus from its matrix of rock. Being one of the “missing links” in man’s evolution, Dart had taken exquisite care during 73 days to separat...
December 23, 1810 (a Sunday)
On this date, the English zoologist and chemist Edward Blyth was born in London. Although he was considered one of the leading zoologists in India, and a prominent figure overall in his field, he is best known for his early (1835) recognition of som...
December 22, 1938 (a Thursday)
On this date, a coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) was caught at the mouth of the Chalumna River on the east coast of South Africa. The fish was caught in a shark gill net by Captain Goosen and his crew, who had no idea of the significance of their fin...
December 19, 1944 (a Tuesday)
On this date, the Kenyan physical anthropologist and paleontologist Richard E. Leakey was born. Leakey, second of three sons of noted anthropologists Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey, decided at an early age that he wanted nothing to do with paleoanthrop...
December 18, 1832 (a Tuesday)
HMS Beagle off Tierra del Fuego (from an original by Raymond A Massey) On this date, after passing through the straight of Le Maire at Tierra del Fuego, HMS Beagle anchored at Good Success Bay. Here Charles Darwin had his first encounter with savag...
December 18, 1912 (a Wednesday)
Working at Piltdown. On this date, the discovery of the skull known as Piltdown man, the first important fossil human skull ever to be unearthed in England, was announced at a meeting of the Geological Society of Great Britain. Charles...
