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Professor Joe Cain

UCL Professor of History and Philosophy of Biology

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Projects are published or unpublished activities produced by Professor Joe Cain. Projects in this collection will include small research queries, large online projects, data stores, or activities best suited for digital distribution.

Grave of Vice-Admiral Robert Fitzroy, Upper Norwood, London
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Robert Fitzroy is buried in Upper Norwood Cemetery (photographs)

Robert Fitzroy (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) is buried in the church yard of All Saints Church, Upper Norwood, London. The memorial was restored in 1997. At the time of his death, he lived […]

Wallis's 1821 Guide for Strangers through London, showing Euston Grove and Euston Square
Euston Grove NW1

Wallis (1813-1841) Guide for Strangers through London

Edward Wallis produced a Guide for Strangers through London that became an essential tool for visitors to London. Successive editions (1813, 1821, 1826, 1841) allow the historian to trace the growth of many parts of the city, […]

Charles Darwin's Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (Penguin Classics), 1890 second edition, edited by Professor Joe Cain and Dr Sharon Messenger ISBN 9780141439440
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Charles Darwin – Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals (1890 second edition)

First published in 1872, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals was a book at the very heart of Charles Darwin‘s research interests – a central pillar of his ‘human’ series. This book […]

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins 1854 paper on visual education applied to Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, with detailed descriptions.
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Why Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Created Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (FGS, FLS) was the sculptor who created the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs. Specifically, he created over thirty statues of prehistoric animals for the Crystal Palace and Park (Sydenham), which opened in June 1854. […]

Three snouters: Archirrhinos haeckelii, Rhinolimacius conchicauda, Nasobema lyricum (Order Rhinogradentia), from Stumpke (1961).
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Snouters, by Harald Stumpke (actually, Gerolf Steiner)

Every scientific discipline has inside jokes. Why? Because they perform social or intellectual work. In this post, Professor Joe Cain links jokelore to his project on one of biology’s most famous jokes, the Rhinogradentia, or […]

Excerpt from photograph of conference attendees at 1947 Princeton conference organised by National Research Council's Committee on Common Problems of Genetics, Paleontology, and Systematics
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Exploring Borderlands of Evolutionary Synthesis

The Society for the Study of Evolution and its journal, Evolution, have their origins in the work of a small national committee of the National Research Council. This was organised by George Gaylord Simpson and […]

Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900-1975) was an experimental population geneticist and Soviet émigré to the US. In 1943, he visited Professor Andre Drefus in Sao Paolo as part of a US “good neighbour” programme. In this photograph, Dobzhansky (centre) and two unnamed Brazilian colleagues are trapping Drosophila fruit flies in nearby forest. Dobzhansky was key to the synthesis period.
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Descended from Darwin – Context for the Evolutionary Synthesis

The synthesis period in evolutionary studies (most people call this the “evolutionary synthesis”) of the 1930s and 1940 has had a standard narrative for many years, but pressure has increasing for a revision. Descended from Darwin: […]

D'OH - Homer Simpson
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How Extremely Stupid: Source for Huxley’s Famous Quote

When asked about the Origin of Species and the theory of natural selection, Thomas Henry Huxley told friends, “how extremely stupid not to have thought of that”. This is well-known folklore, and much has been […]

Evolution - A Journal of Nature - sample covers
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Pro-Evolution Magazine “Evolution: A Journal of Nature,” 1927-1938

This page provides information about this pro-evolution magazine, otherwise lost, from the 1920s and 1930s. It was devoted to promoting the teaching of evolution in US public schools. It was titled, Evolution: A Journal of […]

Evolution - A Journal of Nature - sample covers
Evolution- Journal of Nature

Evolution: A Journal of Nature – contents listed, sorted by author

This page lists articles appearing in Evolution: A Journal of Nature with contents sorted by issue, then author. This data is available as an Endnote file (Evolution – A Journal of Nature – Complete Table of […]

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  • Newton Horace Winchell’s History of Geological Surveys in Minnesota (1889)
  • Student Satire Aimed at Karl Pearson’s 1904 Eugenics Lecture
  • #203 Baby Botox: Anti-Aging Is Out Of Control | WeAreSTS
  • Going the Extra (Half) Mile for STS
  • #202 Outlaw Ocean – Ian Urbina’s Book is STS1Book 2024-25 | WeAreSTS

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