An Interview With Jonathan Tweet

Jonathan Tweet has authored a very remarkable book for children. He wasn’t just trying to make evolution and its concepts easier to understand for kids in elementary school, Jonathan was shooting for an even younger audience. The result is the book ‘Grandmother...

Are We Still Evolving?

There are some who say that evolution by natural selection, at least when it applies to you and I, is no longer a driving force. The argument is that we are no longer evolving and that we’ve pushed natural selection aside and taken the reign of our own development....

Your Brain

Over the course of billions of years a small region of specialized cells began to develop sensory organs. These light sensitive cells slowly developed into eyes. Behind them another organ began to develop. It’s still there, buried beneath everything else that has...

Homo Naledi

In 2013 a secret that had been hidden for hundreds of thousands of years in a South African cave was discovered. Bones… many bones. Upon inspection by a team of specialists a picture began to emerge. At the center of it all is a new species of hominin –...

The Evolution of Music

In this episode of Evolution Talk we take a look at some of the theories which have attempted to trace the evolution of music, from Charles Darwin to philosopher Daniel Dennett. Evolution Talk is also a book! You can find links to Amazon, Barnes & Noble and others...