
Articles by subject: evolution
- No argument (by Paul Sims, March/April 2012 )
- In America rationalists find themselves in a new battle – opposing the passing of ‘academic freedom’ laws that allow the undermining of science in the classroom. Paul Sims reports
- Book review: Evolution and Belief by Robert Asher (by Adam Rutherford, January/February 2012 )
- Adam Rutherford tires of zombie arguments about creationism
- Book review: Religion in Human Evolution (by Keith Kahn-Harris, November/December 2011 )
- Where did religion come from? Keith Kahn-Harris reviews a monumental study
- Undiscovered (by Raymond Tallis, July/August 2011 )
- A misreading of science has persuaded us that we are no more than our evolved brains. But, argues Raymond Tallis, a more expansive philosophy of humanity is mounting a fight-back
- Free to teach creationism? (by James Gray, March/April 2011 )
- Under the government's education reforms, 15 per cent of groups applying to open academies are religious. How would those schools handle evolution? James Gray investigates
- Book review: The God Instinct by Jesse Bering (by Jake Wallis Simons, January/February 2011 )
- Do we have innate religious tendencies? Jake Wallis Simons turns to a new book to find out
- Slings & arrows (by Timothy Taylor, July/August 2010 )
- Evolutionary archaeologist Timothy Taylor on the outrageous fortune that made us the dominant ape
- Is anyone out there? (by Paul Davies, March/April 2010 )
- Aliens, Martians, extraterrestrials – how do we find out whether there’s life on other planets? Paul Davies has a formula
- Digging for Darwin (by Sally Feldman, November/December 2009 )
- In our final tribute to Darwin year, Sally Feldman celebrates the life of Mary Anning, the woman whose work helped to lay the foundations for the theory of evolution
- Bless this tiger (by Paul Sims, September/October 2009 )
- Paul Sims visits a zoo with a difference
- Kissing cousins (by Adam Kuper, September/October 2009 )
- Is marrying close relations harmful? Charles Darwin, anxious about his own family inbreeding, applied his scientific rigour to find out the truth. Adam Kuper reveals all
- Thinking animal (by Simon Blackburn, September/October 2009 )
- Darwinism has profound implications for philosophy, but we need to remember the master’s caution, warns Simon Blackburn
- Darwin's journey (by Ruth Padel, January/February 2009 )
- For poet Ruth Padel the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great scientist, in 2009, was more than a historical milestone, it was a family celebration
- Origin of the specious (by AC Grayling, September/October 2008 )
- AC Grayling dissects Steve Fuller's defence of Intelligent Design
- Western front (by Peter C Kjaergaard, May/June 2008 )
- While secularists sleep well-funded creationists are on the march in Europe says Peter C Kjærgaard
- Tea and empathy (by Martin Rowson, March/April 2008 )
- The human imagination, says Martin Rowson, allows us to make the world in the image of ourselves
- Editorial: Incredible Mr Darwin (by Caspar Melville, January/February 2008 )
- The more science uncovers, the more brilliant the father of evolution is revealed to be
- Dinner with Darwin (by Caspar Melville, January/February 2008 )
- To celebrate the birthday of the father of evolution we asked a selection of scientific commentators, including Steve Jones and Jerry Coyne, what they’d like to say to him round the supper table.
- Getting better all the time (by John Harris, November/December 2007 )
- Genetic modification of humanity isn't just possible, argues John Harris. It's a moral duty.
- Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism by Andrew Petto & Laurie Godfrey (eds) (by AC Grayling, May/June 2007 )
- AC Grayling cheers as the scientists vanquish Intelligent Design
- Diary: Darwin's heaven (by AC Grayling, September/October 2006 )
- AC Grayling comes face to face with evolution in the Galapagos
- Meme Wars (part 2) (by Susan Blackmore, May/June 2006 )
- Natural selection applies to everything. Ideas evolve just as life does, says Susan Blackmore
- Monkey business (by Steven Rose, September/October 2005 )
- A new book on apes has nothing to teach us about human nature says Steven Rose
- Not the Natural History Museum: a trip to the Genesis Expo (by Padraig Reidy, May/June 2005 )
- Padraig Reidy misses a few links in Portsmouth Harbour
- The elephant bird's tale (by Richard Dawkins, September/October 2004 )
- In an exclusive extract from his latest book, a Chaucerian pilgrimage to the remote past, Richard Dawkins roams the lost continent of Gondwana
- Evolution Battles (by Matt Cherry, Winter 2002 )
- Matt Cherry on 'dowdy Darwin and 'cool Charles'
- Fight for Survival (by Mark Pagel, Winter 2002 )
- Mark Pagel learns from an old master
- Darwin's treasure trove (by Paul Sims, Web Exclusive, April 2008)
- As the great man’s private papers are made available for free online, project director John van Wyhe tells Paul Sims what’s in store for Darwin aficionados
- Against the faith (by Steve Fuller, Web Exclusive, September 2008)
- In a world where Neo-Darwinism is the new dogma, Intelligent Design is right to challenge orthodoxy – sociologist Steve Fuller responds to AC Grayling
- Bolus of nonsense (by AC Grayling, Web Exclusive, September 2008)
- In the third part of our their exchange, AC Grayling responds to Steve Fuller’s defence of his book Dissent over Descent
- Bless this tiger (by Paul Sims, Web Exclusive, August 2009)
- Paul Sims visits a zoo with a difference