A History Of Life

1. Moving one eye to the other side of the head
(Evolutionary innovations/Eocene)

An apparent evolutionary conondrum has been recently solved by the study of some Eocene fossils related to the flatfishes. Matt Friedman of the Chicago University, an expert of fish evolution, has

2. The forgotten ingredient
(Theory of evolution/Earth Science matters)

School and University textbooks dealing with evolutionary biology and the founding principles of the theory of natural selection authored by Charles Darwin in 1859, make ample use of such concepts a

3. Strange Science
(Theory of evolution/Earth Science matters)

... a thousand small facts that made the history of Paleontology. Isn't small facts that usually start big revolutions? When Steno dissected the shark's skull, was he realizing that he was foundi...

4. Man's roots, man's routes
(Theory of evolution/Man\'s evolution)

...t shaped the history of our species. A nice tool in the hands of teachers or anyone involved in popularizing evolutionary theory or the simple curious person. From African origins some 160...

5. Shell beds at ravinement surfaces
(Taphonomy/Shell beds and sequence stratigraphy)

...e ancient strata. In: D. Nummedal, O.H. Pilkey and J.D. Howard, Editors, Sea Level Fluctuations and Coastal Evolution, SEPM Special Publication 41, 223–239. Kidwell S.M. and Holland S.M. 1991....

6. Methane, flatulence, and the coevolution of bacteria
(Past ecosystems/Microbial communities)

The book A Field Guide to Bacteria by Betsey Dexter Dyer features a mine of gold for evolutionary thinking. Easily readable, it does not require the chemical and biological background needed to app

7. Theory of evolution
(Section Blog)

Tempo and mode of evolution

8. Evolutionary paleoecology
(Section Blog)

Does ecology matter?