Evolution - Rationale Magazine

03 Dec

The whole story of human evolution – from ancient apes, to Lucy and us (Part 2)

03/12/2024
By John Gowlett
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This article is the second part in a two-part series. Read the first part here. Homo erectus (about 1.8m up to 0.5m years ago) ...

01 Dec

Science & Health

The whole story of human evolution – from ancient apes, to Lucy and us (Part 1)

07/12/2024
By John Gowlett
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This article is the first in a two-part series. In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life an...

07 Oct

Science & Health

Understanding the evolution of tipping points

Dying coral reefs, rainforests transforming into savannas, grasslands turning into deserts – these are ecosystem “tipping points”, boun...

20 Jun

Science & Health

Human culture is changing too fast for evolution to catch up

20/06/2024
By Jose Yong
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Research is showing that many of our contemporary problems, such as the rising prevalence of mental health issues, are em...

21 May

Philosophy & Psychology

Dennett’s dangerous ideas

21/05/2024
By Dr Myint Zan
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A stanza in the Buddhist text Dhammapada states: “There never was, there never will be, nor does there exist now a person who is wholly...

18 May

Science & Health

Unravelling life’s origin

There is still so much we don’t understand about the origin of life on Earth. The definition of life itself is a source of debate am...

17 Oct

Science & Health

Turning back the clock on the evolution of animals

17/10/2023
By Ross Anderson
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There are estimated to be nearly 8 million species of animals living today, making up the majority of Earth’s documented biodive...

27 Sep

Science & Health

Complexity and the patterns of evolution

27/09/2023
By Matthew Wills
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Depending upon how you do the counting, there are around 9 million species on Earth, from the simplest single-celled organisms t...

10 Jul

Education

Why removing evolution from science class is immoral and irrational

10/07/2023
By Peter Ellerton
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Educators involved in curriculum design know one hard truth: you can’t fit in everything. Whatever the finished product, there will alw...

27 Jun

Science & Health

Survival of the fit enough and lucky enough

27/06/2023
By Robert Thurman
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The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin’s masterful contribution to our understanding of evolution, was penned more than 150 years ago. S...

22 May

Science & Health

We need to stop treating AI like humans

23/05/2023
By Neil Saunders
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The artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer Geoffrey Hinton recently resigned from Google, warning of the dangers of the technology...

26 Nov

Science & Health

From ‘Blind Watchmaker’ to seeing watchmakers

27/06/2023
By David James
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For most of the first 15 years of the 21st century, there was a fierce debate between rationalist supporters of Charles Darwin’s theory...

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