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This Has All Happened Before, and It Will All Happen Again: Mitochondrial Eve Comes of Age

This Has All Happened Before, and It Will All Happen Again: Mitochondrial Eve Comes of Age

A look back at the science that taught us where—or who—we came from.
by Anne Holden
13 October 2010
(WARNING: THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE CONTAINS MAJOR BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SPOILERS. DO NOT PROCEED IF YOU ARE STILL GETTING THROUGH THE DVDs.) Battlestar…

Don’t Call it a Comeback: Creationism Evolves
Don’t Call it a Comeback: Creationism Evolves
The final piece in a three-part series tackling the history of U.S. anti-evolutionary sentiment.
by Anne Holden
13 August 2010
Of Monkeys and Men: The Trial(s) of the Century
Of Monkeys and Men: The Trial(s) of the Century
The second in a three-part series tackling the history of U.S. anti-evolutionary sentiment.
by Anne Holden
09 August 2010
Thy Will Be Done, Again and Again: The “Evolution” of Creationism in America
Thy Will Be Done, Again and Again: The “Evolution” of Creationism in America
The first in a three-part series tackling the history of U.S. anti-evolutionary sentiment.
by Anne Holden
04 August 2010
The Tippling Woodpecker
The Tippling Woodpecker
A 1911 nature study guide waxes lyrical about the yellow-bellied sapsucker's alcoholism.
by Meera Lee Sethi
27 June 2010