Recently attended lecture at the Royal Station Hotel, Ferensway, Hull (see above) organised by the Hull Literary and Philosophical Soc. which is a society with a proud history stretching back to 1822 (book recently published on the history of the Society). The subject of the presentation was the Galapagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador and […]

Part one of Darwin’s On the Descent of Man dealt with many lines of thought discussed in the Origin of Species but now as directly relating to Man the animal rather than avoiding that species (s.p.b.). Darwin argued that as well as anatomically (see previous illustration) Man’s mental faculties can be explained as having gradually

Having published On the Origin of Species in 1859 (John Murray publisher) Charles Darwin waited until 1871 before having his two-volume The Descent of Man an Selection in Relation to Sex published. Although he had been considering the content of this his second great volume since his experiences on the Beagle expedition nevertheless he had

‘Darwin’s Finches’ are a well-known example of wildlife discoveries that Charles Darwin made during (and after) his five-year voyage in the 1830s on board HMS Beagle, the main purpose of which was to map the coast of South America. Initially Darwin did not realise the significance of his studies in terms of evolution. He was no

Returning to a point from blog 4th Jan. the varying ability of creatures to see in the dark (to varying degrees), whatever physical forms it takes, is a result of evolutionary change. Charles Darwin (above), 1809-1882, said to be the ‘Father of Evolution’ didn’t actually use the term ‘evolution’ until the 6th edition of his

For years now, and again this year, I wonder at the fact that despite passing the year’s shortest day (21st December) the mornings seem to get darker for longer before dawn. Of course, as in the evenings, change is imperceptibly slow, but to get later until mid January?? Post Brexit agricultural policy, as promised by