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Topic: Charles Darwin

Capybaras eat grass next to a street in a gated community in Tigre, Buenos Aires province, on August 27, 2021. (MAGALI CERVANTES/AFP via Getty Images)

Capybaras: Symbol of green resistance

Nikolas Kozloff
Medium Mylodon Cave or Cueva del Milodon Natural Monument a leading attraction in the Natales region, Patagonia, southern (Sergi Reboredo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The demise of Darwin’s giant sloth

Nikolas Kozloff
Plate from 'The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle', published in London, 1839-1843, and edited by the British originator of evolutionary theory Charles Darwin (1809-1882). (SSPL/Getty Images)

The enduring mystery of Darwin’s warrah

Nikolas Kozloff
Firefighters work at the Botanical Garden after a forest fire in Viña del Mar, Chile, on February 4, 2024. (JAVIER TORRES/AFP via Getty Images)

On Chilean wildfires, Darwin and climate

Nikolas Kozloff
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A gorilla skeleton at a Museum of Natural History in Italy, circa 1955. (Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images)

Evolution dispels the "alpha male" myth

Derek Beres
Sen. Kamala Harris of California, recently named as former Vice President Joe Biden's running mate. (Getty/Alex Edelman)

Harris and the evolution of the birds

Terri Langston - The Globalist
The Austrian-born Bernard Hollander favored a quantitative approach to phrenological diagnosis, and is shown here methodically measuring his own skull. His meticulous view of the critical role of cranial measurement mirrored Galton’s in its obsessive assessment of statistical averages. Image: Wellcome Collection. Bernard Hollander: Cranial Measurement (1902) (<a href="https://wellcomecollection.org/works/sqjvypsb">Wellcome Collection</a>. Bernard Hollander: Cranial Measurement (1902))

On the lasting legacy of eugenics

Jessica Helfand - MIT Press Reader
"The Handmaid's Tale" (Hulu/George Kraychyk)

The Handmaid’s Tale & Descent of Man

Ian Hesketh - The Conversation
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A photo of a different macaque monkey, taken by a human. (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-295900p1.html'>Dudarev Mikhail</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Do animals hear music?

Jennifer Tsang - Massive Science
FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2010 file photo, steaks and other beef products are displayed for sale at a grocery store in McLean, Va. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Charles Darwin's great-great-grandson

Matthew Ponsford - Alternet
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How genetics undermines racism

Adam Rutherford
Richard Dawkins (Getty/Don Arnold)

Dawkins above Darwin?

Matthew Rozsa
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Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush (AP/Reuters/J Pat Carter/Brian Snyder/Chuck Burton/James Lawler Duggan)

Make them talk about evolution

Lou Dubose - Washington Spectator
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"Inside Out's" Darwinian view

Joseph LeDoux
Charles Darwin (Wikimedia)

Darwin's breakthrough secrets

Susan Wise Bauer
Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco in "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS)

Science makes mind-blowing sex

Juan Enriquez, Steve Gullans
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Charles Darwin (Wikimedia/Salon)

The myth of pure science

Yuval Noah Harari
Charles Darwin (AP)

Roy Edroso - Alternet
Charles Darwin (Wikimedia/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-138841p1.html'>WDG Photo</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Science puts God on the ropes

Paul Rosenberg
Charles Darwin (Wikimedia/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-138841p1.html'>WDG Photo</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

The truth about Darwin and God

Curtis Johnson
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Google makes us all dumber

Ian Leslie
Charles Darwin (Wikimedia)

Darwin's unsolved mystery

Andreas Wagner
Charles Darwin (AP)

The law according to Darwin

Douglas O. Linder, Nancy Levit
Margot Robbie and Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Wolf of Wall Street"

Sex's feel-good evolution!

David A. Rosenbaum
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