Evolution Talk

In 2005 biologist Michael Skinner witnessed something that shouldn’t have happened. His mice were exposed to a toxin. A ... Read more

In this episode of 'Evolution Talk' I am joined by a very special guest - Stephanie Keep from the National Center for Sc... Read more

Evolutionary psychology seeks to explain why we feel the way we do in certain situations. It also looks to understand wh... Read more

In the Neander valley, limestone miners found something which shocked them. They had found bones which they first though... Read more

There are some who say that evolution by natural selection, at least when it applies to you and I, is no longer a drivin... Read more

Charles Darwin, at 22, had never sailed before. With his notebooks, gear, rifles, and trunks loaded, he stood on the dec... Read more

Over the course of billions of years a small region of specialized cells began to develop sensory organs. These light se... Read more

In the beginning the Earth wasn’t exactly a hospitable place. It was hot, volcanic, and oxygen was a rare commodity. So ... Read more

On November 24, 1859, "On the Origin of Species" was published. To say that it made a splash would be an understatement.... Read more

In the era known as the Cambrian, an era which kicked off 541 million years ago, life exploded. Natural Selection began ... Read more

In the last episode we came face to face with the Neanderthal. What happened to the Neanderthal? Did they die on the bat... Read more

The Human genome project took 13 years to complete. Hundreds of scientists from all over the world were involved. What’s... Read more

3.5 billion years ago microbial organisms appeared on the earth. These organisms combined, split, and combined some more... Read more

In 2013 a secret that had been hidden for hundreds of thousands of years in a South African cave was discovered. Bones..... Read more

A cladogram will show those animals that share similar form and structures. It’s not about animals which have evolved fr... Read more

Where does altruism come from? How did it evolve in a world ruled by 'selfish genes'?

How do we date fossils? There are a few ways and in this episode we will look at a couple.

In 1986 Professor Robert Bakker, a paleontologist, published 'The Dinosaur Heresies'. According to Professor Bakker ther... Read more

What killed off the dinosaurs? There are many competing theories yet there is no ‘smoking gun’. There is evidence howeve... Read more

In the X-Men movies the X-Men are mutants. Mistakes were made during DNA replications that brought out features and abil... Read more