New Evolution: Education and Outreach Online

Posted 11 February 2009 by

The new issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach is now online. It is, of course, a 'Darwin' issue. It includes the late Michael Majerus' final word on the pedagogical utility of Biston betularia, the peppered moth. The papers are linked below the fold. Links are to HTML versions; pdf versions are also available at the main site linked above. Table of Contents (HTML versions linked) Editorial: Darwin's Year. Niles and Gregory Eldredge Why Darwin?. Niles Eldredge Artificial Selection and Domestication: Modern Lessons from Darwin's Enduring Analogy. T. Ryan Gregory Charles Darwin and Human Evolution. Ian Tattersall Experimenting with Transmutation: Darwin, the Beagle , and Evolution. Niles Eldredge Studying Cultural Evolution at the Tips: Human Cross-cultural Ecology. Lauren w. McCall Industrial Melanism in the Peppered Moth, Biston betularia : An Excellent Teaching Example of Darwinian Evolution in Action . Michael Majerus Assessment of Biology Majors' Versus Nonmajors' Views on Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design. Guillermo Paz-y-Miño C. and Avelina Espinosa Darwin's "Extreme" Imperfection?. Anastasia Thanukos Don't Call it "Darwinism". Eugenie C. Scott and Glenn Branch Educational Malpractice: The Impact of Including Creationism in High School Biology Courses. Randy Moore and Sehoya Cotner Scholar's Dilemma: "Green Darwin" vs. "Paper Darwin," An Interview with David Kohn. Mick Wycoff The "Popular Press" Responds to Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species and His Other Works. Sidney Horenstein Paleontology and Evolution in the News. Sidney Horenstein Charles Darwin's Manuscripts and Publications on the World Wide Web. Adam M. Goldstein Teaching Evolution in Primary Schools: An Example in French Classrooms. Bruno Chanet and François Lusignan Why "Why Darwin Matters" Matters. Tania Lombrozo DeSalle's and Tattersall's "Human Origins: A Companion to The Museum of Natural History's Hall of Human Origins and More". Robert Wald Sussman

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Frank J · 12 February 2009

I just clicked on "Don't Call It 'Darwinism'." Thank you Genie and Glenn! Let 2009 be the year that we stop enabling the scam artists.

Oh, and Happy 200th to Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln!