On The Origin of Species: 150 years old


	On The Origin of Species: 150 years old
JohnWaterman
2-9-2008 6:02 PM
536 views
Add a Comment
Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up
View the Top Clips from February 9, 2008
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e93f726f-480d-4154-b8a1-bf55d3987a2d/27BD441A-E673-4BB2-931A-CFE2366C6555/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><DIV id="nav-bar">
<DIV id="crumb-nav"> 
		<UL>
										<LI id="crumb1"><A name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{News}&lpos={crumbNavigation}{1}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/" class="first-second">News</A></LI>
							<LI id="crumb2"><A name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{Science}&lpos={crumbNavigation}{2}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science" class="first-second">Science</A></LI>
							<LI id="crumb3"><A name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{On the Origin of Species}&lpos={crumbNavigation}{3}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary" class="first-end">On the Origin of Species</A></LI>
					</UL>
	</DIV>
	<DIV id="local-nav"> 
		<UL class="related-to-crumb3">	
							<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{Evolution}&lpos={crumbNavigation}{4}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/evolution" class="first-local-item">Evolution</A></LI>
					<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{Fossils}&lpos={crumbNavigation}{5}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/fossils">Fossils</A></LI>
					<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{Geology}&lpos={crumbNavigation}{6}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/geology">Geology</A></LI>
					<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{Taxonomy}&lpos={crumbNavigation}{7}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/taxonomy">Taxonomy</A></LI>
					<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{Biodiversity}&lpos={crumbNavigation}{8}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/biodiversity">Biodiversity</A></LI>
					<LI class="last"><A name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{Genetics}&lpos={crumbNavigation}{9}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/genetics">Genetics</A></LI>
				</UL>
	</DIV>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><P>150 years ago, Charles Darwin unveiled his theory of natural selection. To mark this anniversary we bring you the definitive guide to the naturalist's great book, with extracts from key chapters and essays from leading scientists and thinkers</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/038D465B-5844-42B1-A371-7789611E13BB" alt="Charles Darwin" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><H3><A name="&lid={beautifulTrail}{Why Darwin matters}&lpos={trail}{2}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/feb/09/darwin.dawkins1">Why Darwin matters</A></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/CA5E19AE-3474-441A-894C-517102099F5A" alt="Portrait of a male bonobo chimpanzee (pan paniscus) at ABC Sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><H3><A name="&lid={beautifulTrail}{The proofs in our genes}&lpos={trail}{4}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/feb/09/darwin.genome">The proof's in our genes</A></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/23F45A94-D021-4847-9957-1C21DA3AF8D7" alt="Anti-evolution books on sale in Dayton, Tennessee" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><H3><A name="&lid={beautifulTrail}{Keeping faith with natural selection}&lpos={trail}{6}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/feb/09/darwin.richard.harries">Keeping faith with natural selection</A></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><H2 class="first">Extracts</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/01D4A458-2486-42A7-AF7E-423E06E14FC5" alt="Fish illustration from Darwin's The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><H3><A name="&lid={beautifulTrailRow}{Where do new species come from?}&lpos={trail}{2}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/feb/09/darwin.introduction">Where do new species come from?</A></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/BDEBB4D2-E526-4136-B155-A2DA3910235E" alt="Drawing of monkeys from Darwin's The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><H3><A name="&lid={beautifulTrailRow}{The struggle for existence}&lpos={trail}{4}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/feb/09/darwin.struggle">The struggle for existence</A></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/3B998343-E812-410E-8913-640FD924BEE1" alt="Frogs illustration from Darwin's The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><H3><A name="&lid={beautifulTrailRow}{The driving force behind evolution}&lpos={trail}{6}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/feb/09/natural.selection">The driving force behind evolution</A></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/308C58C7-82DA-4A17-B422-A6D70E880906" alt="Shells illustration from Darwin's The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><H3><A name="&lid={beautifulTrailRow}{Why is the fossil record gappy?}&lpos={trail}{8}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/feb/09/darwin.difficulties">Why is the fossil record gappy?</A></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><H3>
        <A name="&lid={firstTrail}{At home with the Darwins}&lpos={trail}{1}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/feb/09/darwin.downe">At home with the Darwins</A>
    </H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/69B5AED4-AB11-4700-93C7-83F8685F7636" alt="Charles Darwin's home at Downe in Kent" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><LI class="live image">
	                <H3>
	                    <A name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{John van Wyhe explodes some myths about Darwin}&lpos={trail}{1}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/feb/09/darwin.myths">It ain't necessarily so ...</A>
	                </H3>
<DIV class="trail-text">
<SPAN class="date">Feb 9 2008: </SPAN>
<P>Everyone has heard of Charles Darwin. Yet a good part of what most people think and believe about the man is wrong. John van Wyhe clears up some of the myths</p> </DIV>
	            </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><LI class="live image">
	                <H3>
	                    <A name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{On the Origin of Species: The book that changed the world}&lpos={trail}{2}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/feb/09/darwin.bestseller">The book that changed  the world</A>
	                </H3>
<DIV class="trail-text">
<SPAN class="date">Feb 9 2008: </SPAN>
<P>On the Origin of Species, an instant bestseller, drew both applause and fury, writes <STRONG>Tim Radford</STRONG></p> </DIV>
	            </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/darwinbicentenary"><H3>
	                    <A name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{How Darwin anticipated Intelligent Design}&lpos={trail}{4}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/feb/09/darwin.intelligent.design">How Darwin anticipated the "intelligent design" argument</A>
	                </H3></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/27BD441A-E673-4BB2-931A-CFE2366C6555/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard
Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment
Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch
Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map
About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Blog; Copyright; Privacy; EULA
Search Options

Related Clips

More clips from JohnWaterman

Today's Top Clips
