Ladies and Gentlemen… Mesdames et Messieurs… Damen und Herren… The Carnival of Evolution XLIV! This month the carnival is inhabiting The Atavism (great name) and is cleverly set up as a scientific symposium. See for yourself.
Previous Carnivals of Evolution:
If you missed any of these you’ll definitely want to go check them out!
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Posted by Troy Britain
Not my cup of tea* musically but fun just the same:
Hat tip to Michael Barton at The Dispersal of Darwin.
*technically no cup of tea is my cup of tea, as I loathe tea.
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Posted by Troy Britain
Oh no, not again…
Yep, it’s time for the Carnival of Evolution (#42)!!! This month it is being held at The Ocelloid and in case you can’t tell there is a Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy theme. So grab your towel, pour yourself a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster and head on over for the latest batch of evolutionary goodness.
It’s either that or Vogon poetry…
Previous Carnivals of Evolution:
Life! Don’t talk to me about life.
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Posted by Troy Britain
And it’s a doozy! I know I say something like that every month and I mean it, but this time it’s truer than ever. This months host is the estimable Larry Moran (Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto) on his excellent blog Sandwalk.
There are lots and lots of great links to evolution related articles for you to peruse (even if none of them are mine because my opus on creationists and arthropods keeps getting longer and longer).
As a bit of housekeeping I am going to list links to the past CoE below so I can clean up the blog a bit (all those green glowy spheres make me feel bad about not being more productive /honest self reflection).
If you missed any of these you’ll definitely want to go check them out!
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Posted by Troy Britain
The latest in my “just for kicks” collection of evolution related signage:
Thanks to Ryan for taking the picture with his phone for me.
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Posted by Troy Britain
Asks the most recent Jesus and Mo:
And then they flew off to their respective flocks to claim victory…
[Hat tip to Wonderful Life.]
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Posted by Troy Britain
Whenever I’m out and about (and have my camera) I like to collect snap-shots of commercial signage that is related to evolution in some way. There’s nothing deep about it, just something I like to do. Anyway here is the latest example that I have added to my collection:
This particular sign was for a used car lot down the street from where I work (lately, when there is work). For the rest, if you’re interested, see the signage collection page on my web site.
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Posted by Troy Britain
The latest Carnival of Evolution is up over at Bob O’Hara This Scientific Life!
I’ve recently been asked to join the CoE as a contributor, which is great, I’m honored to be asked. Unfortunately I didn’t have anything to contribute to this particular issue, which is not so great. Still, you should all go check it out for lots of interesting evolution related blogging.
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Posted by Troy Britain
Well sort of. I’ve just been informed that my humble blog has been named one of the “Top Evolution Blogs” for 2010 by a site called Online Biology Degree:
Hurray!
While I’m afraid I’ve never heard of the Online Biology Degree site, I am still more than happy to accept this honor (see the badge in the sidebar) for a couple reasons.
First while there are a few sites in their list of honorees that I may find questionable, the majority of them are quite respectable evolution/science oriented blogs; many of which I myself read on a regular basis.
Second, I am always desperate for validation from where ever I can get it. 
More awards please!
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Posted by Troy Britain
This last week I had the misfortune to hear Rush Limbaugh flapping his yap attempting to defend Christine O’Donnell’s ignorant comments about evolution. Unsurprisingly his comment were a grab bag of typical creationist nonsense. Here is the audio of the beginning of his diatribe:
Paraphrasing from the audio: “If humans evolved from monkeys then why are there still monkeys?”
This is logically exactly the same thing as asking “if my cousin and I are actually related, then why does my cousin still exist?”
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Posted by Troy Britain
"Debating creationists on the topic of evolution is rather like trying to play chess with a pigeon; it knocks the pieces over, craps on the board, and flies back to its flock to claim victory."
- Scott D. Weitzenhoffer
