Tag Archives: Homo errectus

Eye of the beholder

Posted on March 30, 2016 by twilightbeasts

By looks alone there are many animals that do not win our hearts. People don’t coo over wasps; vultures are grotesque; don’t get me started on elephant seals. Sadly this is due to what we see as beautiful. David Hume, the … Continue reading →

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Mini-beasts, giants, and mega-floods

Posted on February 9, 2016 by twilightbeasts

I have a little link to the time before the English Channel formed 450,000 years ago. Almost every day in the last academic year, a PhD student has been working in my office. He is investigating the environment and ecology … Continue reading →

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Big find in little China

Posted on October 31, 2015 by twilightbeasts

Charles Darwin wrote 502 pages outlining his groundbreaking theory of evolution by natural selection. In it he provides incredible evidence of natural selection he gathered over 20 years, using many different species of animals, from humans breeding dogs to the … Continue reading →

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