The Story of Evolution: Web Papers 1

These are the first webpapers to emerge from The Story of Evolution and the Evolution of Stories [5], a course offered at Bryn Mawr College in Spring 2009. One month into the semester, students are thinking through some of the problems that have been raised in their minds by our discussion of biological evolution.

Take a look around, and feel warmly welcome to respond in the comment area available at the end of each paper. What strikes, intrigues, puzzles you...what, among your reactions, might be of interest or use to the writer, or others in the class, or others who--exploring the internet--might be in search of a thoughtful conversation about evolution and literature?

amirbey [6]	Natural selection among humans. [7]
amoskowi [8]	Of Something Done, I Know Not Where- reconciling evolution and intelligent design [9]
Anisha Chirmule [10]	The Evolution of Natural Selection [11]
aseidman [12]	"Darwin's Literary Voice" [13]
aybala50 [14]	Evolution Before Culture Took Over [15]
ccrichar [16]	The Evolution of Species in Relation to Technology in the 21st Century [17]
dshanin [18]	Perfection of the Fittest [19]
eawhite [20]	A Continuation of the Story of Evolution [21]
eglaser [22]	Darwin as Prophet [23]
enewbern [24]	Empiricism: Was it Darwin's scientific methodology? [25]
eolecki [26]	Surprising Similarities [27]
epeck01 [28]	Mankind's Influence on Evolution [29]
fquadri [30]	Evolution Can Be Skin Deep: Biological Evolution in Humans [31]
Hilary McGowan [32]	Survival of the Origins [33]
ibarkas [34]	The Evolution of Scientific Writing-Was Darwin a Poet? [35]
Jackie Marano [36]	On the Origin of A Combination Legacy: Why Darwin is Forever [37]
jaferr [38]	Science as Story: Letting Go of Unquestioning Belief [39]
jrlewis [40]	Belief and Skepticism [41]
kapelian [42]	Evolution & Stories #1 [43]
kbrandall [44]	The Origin of One or Several Species [45]
kcofrinsha [46]	Darwin and Slavery [47]
kgould [48]	Darwin, Menopause, and Humans [49]
L.Kelly-Bowditch [50]	The Story of the MCAS and Standardized Learning [51]
lewilliams [52]	Poetry and Science: Fundamentally the Same [53]
Lisa B. [54]	The Origin of Instinct: How Darwin solved the greatest conceptual challenge of evolutionary theory [55]
lparrish [56]	Are Humans Hurting Their Chances of Evolving by Helping One Another? [57]
LS2 [58]	Darwin's Freakish Aversion to Abnormalities [59]
Marina [60]	The Struggle For Existence: Essentialism or Existentialism [61]
mcurrie [62]	What Support? [63]
merlin [64]	Is Storytelling Adaptive? [65]
mfradera [66]	Darwin, the writer. [67]
Rachel Townsend [68]	On Homosexuality [69]
Rica Dela Cruz [70]	The Continuing Evolution of Man [71]
rmehta [72]	Darwin in the classroom [73]
selias [74]	Applying Darwin Beyond the Physical [75]
skhemka [76]	EVOLUTION UNLEASHED [77]
Sophiaolender [78]	How We Made the World What We Wanted It to Be [79]
sustainablephilosopher [80]	Cool Narrative; Cruel Metaphor? [81]
Tara Raju [82]	Darwin: The Philosopher? [83]
unidentifiedflyingobject [84]	A discussion of perfection in Origin of Species [85]