http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/ A History of Beginnings en Copyright 2012 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:06:55 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification This year, the worldwide community of science has marked the bicentennial of Charles Darwin’s birth—and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species—with dozens of evolutionary-themed meetings, books, review papers, and Science’s own monthly Origins... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/12/a-farewell.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/12/a-farewell.html All Things Darwin Origins Essays Charles Darwin Origins blog Year of Darwin Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:06:55 -0500 Origins If you're tired of watching It's a Wonderful Life or A Christmas Carol yet again, perhaps Darwin can occupy your cold winter nights. As a holiday treat, Origins would like to point out that this summer's Darwin Festival in Cambridge,... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/12/darwin-festival-caught-on-vide.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/12/darwin-festival-caught-on-vide.html All Things Darwin Evolution and Culture Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:08:11 -0500 Origins by Lucas Laursen Charles Darwin may have had his biggest impact on biology, but he began his scientific career as a geologist. So it’s appropriate that earlier this year, retired geologist John Ramsay, who had long studied the famed... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/12/a-musical-tribute-to-darwin-an.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/12/a-musical-tribute-to-darwin-an.html All Things Darwin Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:38:44 -0500 Origins by Elizabeth Pennisi In my essay on the origin of flowering plants, I discussed many ideas related to how angiosperms came to dominate terrestrial ecosystems. Representing hundreds of thousands of species and 96% of all terrestrial vegetation, flowering plants are... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/12/leaf-plumbing-and-angiosperm-e.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/12/leaf-plumbing-and-angiosperm-e.html Evolution and Culture The Science of Origins angiosperm evolution flowering plants leaf physiology plant Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:44:10 -0500 Origins by Elizabeth Pennisi More than ever before, the future is in our hands. We are shaping not just our own destiny but also the destinies of much of life on this planet. That is the take-home message of the final... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/12/on-the-origin-of-tomorrow.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/12/on-the-origin-of-tomorrow.html All Things Darwin Origins Essays The Science of Origins acidification Darwin evolution global climate change human evolution invasive species malaria natural selection origin of species Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:05:14 -0500 Origins by Michael Balter NEW YORK CITY—The exhibition of Vermeer’s The Milkmaid at the Metropolitan Museum of Art here is scheduled to end on 29 November, but don’t worry if you can’t get to the Big Apple in time to see... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/the-lost-world-of-old-europe-s.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/the-lost-world-of-old-europe-s.html Evolution and Culture Cernavoda Council of Goddesses Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Lost World of Old Europe Museum of Cycladic Art Poduri-Dealul Ghindaru The Thinker Varna cemetery Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:56:26 -0500 Origins http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/researchers-discuss-darwin-in.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/researchers-discuss-darwin-in.html All Things Darwin Evolution and Culture anthropology astronomy biology Darwin evolutioin geology On of the Origin of Species polar sciences Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:57:35 -0500 Origins by Elizabeth Culotta Fans of Homo floresiensis will be happy this month, as the Journal of Human Evolution (JHE) has a special issue devoted to these diminutive hominins whose fossils were found on the Indonesian island of Flores. There’s also... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/a-plethora-of-hobbit-papers.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/a-plethora-of-hobbit-papers.html The Science of Origins hobbit Homo floresiensis Journal of Human Evolution Karen Baab Mike Morwood Significance William Jungers Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:45:43 -0500 Origins http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/penguin-dna-may-reset-the-mole.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/penguin-dna-may-reset-the-mole.html The Science of Origins Adelie penguins David Lambert Dee Denver mitochondrial genome molecular clock Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:41:01 -0500 Origins http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/do-studies-of-the-origin-of-re.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/do-studies-of-the-origin-of-re.html Origins Essays cognitive science of religion Deborah Kelemen Jesse Bering Justin Barrett origin of religion Paul Bloom The Descent of Man Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:07:40 -0500 Origins by Julia Galef One of the most iconic symbols of evolution—the tree of life (left), a visual metaphor for the branching ancestry of species—has recently become one of its most controversial. The idea of a tree dates back to Charles... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/how-weblike-is-the-tree-of-lif.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/how-weblike-is-the-tree-of-lif.html Evolution and Culture Creationism eukaryote evolution lateral gene transfer prokaryote tree of life web of life Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:02:30 -0500 Origins by Elizabeth Culotta Every human society has had its gods, whether worshiped from Gothic cathedrals or Mayan pyramids. In all cultures, humans pour resources into elaborate religious buildings and rituals. But religion offers no obvious boost to survival and reproduction.... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/on-the-origin-of-religion.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/on-the-origin-of-religion.html Origins Essays archaeology belief in gods cognitive psychology Colin Renfrew Justin Barrett origin of religion Paul Bloom symbolic behavior Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:38:25 -0500 Origins by Julia Galef CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—The birthplace of modern evolutionary biology can arguably be located at a landmark 1959 conference at the University of Chicago, which synthesized the then-new discoveries of DNA and genetics with Charles Darwin's observations on evolution. Last... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/change-in-regulatory-dna-respo.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/change-in-regulatory-dna-respo.html All Things Darwin Evolution and Culture adaptation cis-regulatory changes Darwin anniversary evolution speciation stickleback Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:09:10 -0500 Origins by Elizabeth Pennisi Charles Darwin worked hard to figure out how cooperation within a species—self-sacrifice among worker bees, for example—could have evolved. But he was stumped when it came to understanding cooperation between species. In his book, On the Origin... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/ant-and-tree-cooperation-a-del.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/11/ant-and-tree-cooperation-a-del.html All Things Darwin Evolution and Culture The Science of Origins ant co-evolution cooperation symbiosis parasitism ant-plant tropical forest Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:29:00 -0500 Origins by Michael Balter Human evolution research is not for the faint-hearted. Hominin fossils are rare and hard to find. And more often than not, no sooner do anthropologists announce a big discovery than other researchers argue that they have it... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/10/what-ever-happened-to-kenyanth.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/10/what-ever-happened-to-kenyanth.html Origins Essays Australopithecus afarensis Fred Spoor Kenyanthropus platyops Lake Turkana Royal Society Tim White Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:42:20 -0500 Origins