Resources
Resources on Charles Darwin, evolution and related topics are available online.
Think Darwin, Think Evolution, Think Now
A booklet produced by the SIBE (Scottish Initiative for Biotechnology Education) at the University to celebrate the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin.
The booklet has been designed for Scottish Higher and Advanced Higher students of biology and copies will soon be sent to every Secondary School in Scotland.
The booklet links in with attainment targets on the Higher and Advanced Higher syllabuses.
Teaching notes are also available.
Edinburgh celebrates Darwin lecture
“Darwin’s Edinburgh”, a public lecture by Aubrey Manning and a distinguished panel was held at McEwan Hall on Thursday 12 February.
The event explored the relationship between Darwin and Edinburgh; the city where he spent two of his most formative years.
This lecture was recorded and is available online.
Language evolution
Articles and papers on the evolution of language from the University's Language Evolution and Computation Research unit.
- The Language Bug
- Cumulative Cultural Evolution in the Laboratory
- Language evolution: consensus and controversies
- The evolution of language
This article was published on Oct 20, 2009