Happy Darwin Day!
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February 12, 2009 marks the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, and 2009 also marks the susquecentennial of his most famous work, The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. There are a ton of posts, projects, and events celebrating these facts all over the web today, and, of course, darwinday.org is a great place to find information on a lot of them.
Back on Darwin Day 2004, HMNH Curator of Ich-theology Ray Troll and Kirk Johnson came through Albuquerque on one of the last legs of their epic Fossil Freeway adventure. That evening, the three of us got together and recited The Evolutionist’s Prayer, an ode to common descent that Ray and I composed for the occasion. Feb. 12 is a great time to reflect on our rich evolutionary heritage and deep connections to all life on this planet.
This year, Ray has released a new piece of art and music in honor of the occasion – check out Trollart.com and give his new song, “Fishface,” a listen!
Artwork © Ray Troll 2009
Other Darwin-inspired links of note:
- In other Darwinian music news, Thomas Holtz provides the lyrics to “The Twelve Days of Darwin.”
- ReBecca Hunt at Dinochick Blogs has some great Darwin art, and a couple of Ray Troll posts of her own.
- Seed Magazine has several articles, slideshows, and other tidbits as part of their Darwin 200 celebration—The Evolution of Life in 60 seconds and the Saved by Science slideshow are good places to start.
- The Daily Mammal has two drawings (so far) up in a “Darwin Day” series.
- Rigor Vitae shows the Evolution of a Public Image in honor of the day.
- I couldn’t agree more with John Hawks’ criticism of a recent article calling for the death of “Darwinism”.
- And, if you’ve never taken a look at Anne Weaver’s The Voyage of the Beetle, today would be an excellent day to do so!
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