AAAS plenary: Intrepid explorers and the search for the origin of species
Friday, February 13, 2009 - 03:50
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Evolution, we know, is the guiding thread of biology and explains life as we know it. But how that big idea was inspired and expanded over two centuries of natural history is really a tale of the adventures of a handful of intrepid scientists whose derring-do, perseverance and intellectual curiosity sparked a revolution that forever changed our view of the living world...