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NEWS ABOUT: Charles Darwin

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7 Celebs Who Married Cousins

Bach, Rudy, Einstein all kept it in the family

Dec 11, 07 5:54 PM CST
(Newser) - These seven celebrities looked no further than their own family tree for a bride, Mental Floss reports—they married their cousins:
  1. Johann Sebastian Bach: Had 7 of his 20 children with Maria.
  2. Edgar Allen Poe: Fell for Virginia when she was 7; they wed when she was 13.
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Rudy Giuliani • marriage • Charles Darwin • Albert Einstein • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Jerry Lee Lewis • cousins • Johann Sebastian Bach • Edgar Allen Poe • Virginia Poe • Regina Peruggi • Emma Darwin • Eleanor Roosevelt

Walter Mosley's Top Literary Picks

Devil in a Blue Dress author selects five most influential books

Nov 6, 07 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Walter Mosley has won accolades from readers and critics alike for his Easy Rawlins detective series, and the novelist has a philosophical side, too. Newsweek presents his list of important works that "most greatly impacted the intelligence, potential and humanity of the people of the world."
  1. The
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Marxism • literature • list • Charles Darwin • Albert Einstein • Walter Mosley • Karl Marx • Sigmund Freud

Muslim Creationists Damn Darwin

Turkish anti-evolution tract
distributed worldwide

Aug 2, 07 6:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Muslim group in Turkey is widely disseminating a 768-page tome that slams evolution and promotes Islam-inflected creationism, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The Council of Europe has issued warnings—particularly to schools—against the "Atlas of Creation," which has been published in 80 countries and 59 languages. More »

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education • Islam • evolution • Turkey • creationism • Muslim • Charles Darwin • Council of Europe

Evolutionary Theory Takes Big Leap With Evo-Devo

Research in embryonic development  reveals how organisms evolve

Jun 26, 07 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Evolutionary theory is in the early days of its third great expansion, the New York Times reports, following Darwin’s original formulation almost 150 years ago and the so-called “modern synthesis” of 1930-50. Dubbed “evo-devo” because it focuses on the embryonic development of organisms, the newest science explores... More »

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evolution • genetics • Evo devo • genes • Charles Darwin

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