How were the ideas expressed in
The Origin of Species received among country people and laypersons in Victorian England?
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posted by Miss T.Horn
on Jun 26, 2012 -
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This is a long-shot--does anyone have any info on an artist who used nature/trees to make art? Maybe in the 70s?
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posted by leesh
on Jul 27, 2011 -
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What traits can a group of organisms possess that an individual cannot possess (e.g. a ratio of males to females)? To put it more generally: in reference to units of selection, can you cite any examples of a whole being greater than the sum of its parts (particularly the sum of its genes)?
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posted by Vic Morrow's Personal Vietnam
on Apr 4, 2011 -
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Evolution: What would be a simple and clear way of explaining to an 8 year old how African people with dark skin, big eyes and curly hair turn into Japanese people with lighter skin, smaller eyes and straighter hair over
X amount of years?
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posted by querty
on Feb 22, 2011 -
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Is there a website out there where I can enter the names of two species and be given the approximate date when their last common ancestor lived? Bonus points if it tells me what sort of species this ancestor probably was, and for showing me the part of the tree of life relating to these species.
Thanks!
posted by chorltonmeateater
on Sep 10, 2010 -
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When current/recent SCIENCE challenges Darwin, what does it say? I'm a layman interested to hear what not-Creationist, not-ID, not-paranormal challengers (or boundary-pushers) to natural selection might be exploring these days, explained for general readers…
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posted by dpcoffin
on Nov 6, 2009 -
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As I type this, my lovely cat is having kittens (literally). I am having a few myself (not literally). I'm a little worried because...
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posted by Optamystic
on Apr 13, 2007 -
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How did we evolve separate genders? I assume it happened pretty early on, since most animals have a male and female, but wouldn't it have had to happen to lots of things at once for it to actually work?
posted by Orange Goblin
on Jun 6, 2004 -
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How do evolutionary changes occur in biology? Is there some sort of "intelligence" that helps a species adapt, or does a species have to wait for a random mutation to occur that just happens to confer an advantage (a mutation that might never even happen)? For instance, how do bacteria become resistant? And are there different theories on evolutionary changes?
posted by Tin Man
on Feb 25, 2004 -
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