After a big celebration of Charles Darwin’s 200^th birthday last week, evolution activities continue this week and through the year. [continue reading…]

Photos from the Evolution conference. If you would like a higher resolution version of any of these, please contact me. [continue reading…]

Celebrations recognise the impact of Darwin’s theory of evolution on society today

Today is the 200^th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, and birthday celebrations are taking place across Australia. [continue reading…]

Australia’s only direct descendant speaks out about living in Charles Darwin’s shadow

Blue Mountains resident Chris Darwin is a great great grandson of Charles Darwin.
He’s available to talk today (from early morning) about evolution, Darwin and life in his shadow. [continue reading…]

• Tasmania remarkable but I do not like Sydney
• Eat your way through 4 billion years of evolution
• Darwin parties across Australia
• Evolution speakers

Charles Darwin’s 200^th birthday is tomorrow, Thursday 12 February.  We’ve issued a release on his views of Australia.

Darwin didn’t like Sydney – more on that below – but his great great grandson Chris Darwin lives in Sydney and will be in Melbourne eating his way through the evolutionary tree – from the primordial ocean soup to dinosaur drumettes at the birthday party on Thursday evening. Chris is happy to talk about his ancestor.

Also for his birthday: [continue reading…]

• Tasmania remarkable but I do not like Sydney
• Eat your way through 4 billion years of evolution
• Darwin parties across Australia
• Evolution speakers

Charles Darwin’s 200^th birthday is tomorrow, Thursday 12 February.  We’ve issued a release on his views of Australia.

Darwin didn’t like Sydney – more on that below – but his great great grandson Chris Darwin lives in Sydney and will be in Melbourne eating his way through the evolutionary tree – from the primordial ocean soup to dinosaur drumettes at the birthday party on Thursday evening. Chris is happy to talk about his ancestor.

Also for his birthday: [continue reading…]

Tasmania is remarkable
But I do not like Sydney society

That was Charles Darwin’s view of Australia according to Emeritus Professor Frank Nicholas speaking on the 200^th anniversary of Darwin’s birth.

Darwin’s 200^th birthday is tomorrow, Thursday 12 February. It will be celebrated by scientists around the world, recognising the role that Darwin’s theory of evolution plays in underpinning all of modern biology. [continue reading…]

The evolution of the Universe
The evolution of life
The end of human evolution
Climate and an evolving planet

These are some of the big topics that will be explored Sunday evening at a free public forum discussing evolution and its implications. [continue reading…]

A church service is probably the last thing you would expect to kick off a year-long celebration of evolution-but that’s exactly what’s happening at St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral in Melbourne at 2 pm on Sunday 8 February. [continue reading…]