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201503Apr18:08

Yes, science does support the theory of evolution by natural selection!

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published 03 April 2015 | modified 18 December 2016

This week I found this marvellous infographic on the great web of information called The Internet. The infographic lists the top five misconceptions about evolution, and explains (with diagrams!) why they're wrong. It delivers a nice package of knowledge you can use to provide those who misunderstand evolution with the current state of scientific knowledge about evolution. Or as Caleb Trujillo, who compiled the list and designed the infographic - version 1.0, puts it: “Here is an infographic to help inform citizens. From my experience most people who misunderstand evolution are actually misinformed about what science is and how it operates.”

Trujillo encourages to reblog his evolution post, which is appreciated and must not be ignored of course biggrin .

 

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You can find a zoomable version here.

To easily acquire more knowledge about evolution, which can be used to enlighten misguided friends about the available evidence for the evolution of man, I would recommend a subscription to the YouTube series 'How Did We Get Here?' made by evolutionary biologist Darren Curnoe from the University of New South Wales, Australia. Besides concise and precise it is funny as...

201504Jan12:29

Zoos need new approach for their conservation efforts

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published 04 January 2015 | modified 18 December 2016

amur tiger tigerdayAs Jeremy Hance has extremely well pointed out in his article on Mongabay of May 2014, the last few decades zoos have been paying more and more attention to nature conservation efforts. So, not just prevention of extinction by keeping species alive in captivity, but prevention of extinction in the wild. Improvements have been made in 'Zoo thinking' about conservation efforts and the contribution zoos can make to prevent the ongoing man-made 6th global mass species extinction. Nevertheless, zoos...

201430Nov16:25

Having white tigers on display in zoos – an appalling logic?

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published 30 November 2014 | modified 20 October 2024

Zoos' mission

The mission of modern zoological gardens (zoos) is, or should be, focussed on maintaining global biodiversity - prevent extinction of endangered species - using various instruments. Conservation of wild fauna and flora is one of them. This is done via

Goal: 7000 tigers in the wild

Tiger range countries map

 

"Tiger map" (CC BY 2.5) by Sanderson et al., 2006.

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about zoos and their mission regarding breeding endangered species, nature conservation, biodiversity and education, which at the same time relates to the evolution of species.