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I grew up in the Mennonite Church, a sort of next-level Protestant Christian tradition. (In cartoonish brief: Ulrich Zwingli rebelled against the Roman Catholic Church; the spiritual ancestors of Mennonites rebelled against Zwingli.) Mennonites practice adult baptism, holding that only an informed … Continue reading
Posted in community, politics, population genetics, Science Communication, Science History
Tagged E.O. Wilson, scientific racism
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Introducing The Molecular Ecologist Podcast
The Molecular Ecologist is trying out a new medium for the first time since we launched: audio! That’s right, TME contributors, talking about the science we’ve been reading and writing about, recorded for easy listening on any internet-capable device. As … Continue reading
Posted in community, housekeeping, microbiology, modest proposals, natural history, Science Communication, Science History, TME Podcast
Tagged Crow, ibex, Whales
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The brief history of African Americans in Evolutionary Biology, and why that is the case.
Update, 11 June 2020: This post has been edited to clarify attributions. I remember the first day I met a Black faculty member in evolutionary biology. I had just finished my first year of graduate school and was attending the Workshop … Continue reading