Welcome!
Welcome to the Charles Darwin & Evolution website.
What is this?
This website celebrates the life, work and impact of Charles Darwin. There are lots of articles about who Darwin was, what he did and why he matters. You can also read about modern case studies which showcase some of the evidence supporting Darwin's theories. Use the menu to the right to explore.
This website has been put together by students from Christ's College, Cambridge - where Darwin studied.
International Year of Biodiversity
2010 is the year of biodiversity. Find out more about biodiversity, what events are on this year and how you can get involved at the IYB-UK website.
News
30/1/2009 ~ Some interesting stuff about dinosaurs has come out. First of all some of them had ginger feathers and a newly found transitional fossil has shed new light on the evolution of a bird-like group of dinosaurs which had funny forelimbs.
18/12/2009 ~ What is the most exciting piece of science to come out of 2009? Water on the moon? Advances in gene therapy? Mysterious pulsars from space? Not according to Science Magazine who voted the description of Ardipithecus ramidus, 4 million year old fossil hominin, as the most important scientific achievement of 2009. You can read about it on the BBC or at Science Magazine.
14/12/2009 ~ The European Society of Evolutionary Biology have created a sight to promote the teaching of evolution. You can find it here .
24/11/2009 ~ Happy Birthday to the Origin of Species, one of the most important books to have ever been published, which turns 150 years old today.
ps. Darwin lost his notes, have you seen them?
15/10/2009 ~ Talks from the Cambridge Darwin Festival are now available online. You can find them on YouTube or Itunes.
8/10/2009 ~ St. Andrews University recently held their own celebratory event to mark the Darwin anniversaries. You can watch the lectures from this event online here.
4/10/2009 ~ There have been a number of exciting pieces on evolution in the news over summer. Here are a couple of highlights:
Ardipithecus ~ a 4.4 million year old Hominid fossil has shed new light on human evolution. Read more...
Deer mice ~ a brilliant study on cryptic pigmentation in Deer mice has traced the origin and spread of a beneficial mutation that helped a population of mice adapt to a new habitat. Read more...
19/6/2009 ~ get a free Richard Dawkins DVD for your school here!
7/6/2009 ~ AQA, one of the GCSE/A-level exam boards, does not support the teaching of creationism as a scientific idea and has scrapped an ill phrased exam question to make it clear.
On another note... swimming deer: a throw back to the evolution of whales.
4/6/2009 ~ Climate change is changing the way natural selection acts on wild populations. For example on these Soay sheep.
19/5/2009 ~ a 'new', very well preserved, 47 million year old primate fossil: read the original research here
23/5/2009 ~ Another transitional fossil, this time a glimpse into how seals evolved their marine habits from terrestrial ancestors
15/4/2009 ~ A nice article on how to understand natural selection can be found here
3/4/2009 ~ Camouflage, classic examples of the products of natural selection
30/3/2009 ~ Take part in a real scientific research project. Evolution MegaLab is studying evolution in action in banded snails. Read the news story...
