An Interview With Emma Darwin

In an earlier episode I stepped into a time machine and traveled back to 1869 in order to interview Charles Darwin. This time around I brought someone forward in time… his wife Emma Darwin. Voice of Emma Darwin: Mackenzie Bryant Evolution Talk is also a book!...

Convergent Evolution

Convergent evolution has shown us that nature will find similar solutions under similar conditions. So too might it be on other planets. Life might not look that much different that it does here. Evolution Talk is also a book! You can find links to Amazon, Barnes...

Cladistics

A cladogram will show those animals that share similar form and structures. It’s not about animals which have evolved from one another. In this episode we are going to look at clades and cladistics. We will also create a cladogram… an audio cladogram. Evolution...

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...