Monday, March 09, 2009

Nature celebrates Darwin's 200th Anniversary

Nature recently published a special issue celebrating the life of Darwin and his impact on science. The issue has features on looking for Darwin in the genome, and on what evolution has done to shape human nature, while our editorial and two commentaries look at some of the problems inherent in applying biology to questions about humanity.
There is also and on Darwin's pigeons and poetry by his great great grand-daughter Ruth Padel. and a range of experts give their views on a range of hot topics in evolution.
Diarmuid

0 comments: