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Tag Archives: Darwin
A tale of three meetings
The Geological Society’s meeting room has changed a lot in the last century. Until a refurb in the seventies, it looked very much how it had done for most of its life – raked rows of benches standing opposite each … Continue reading
Posted in Events, History
Tagged Anniversary, Conan Doyle, Darwin, Dawson, fossils, fraud, geology, history, hoax, palaeontology, Piltdown
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The origins of plate tectonics
This week, we’ve been uploading clips from Richard Thomas’ film ‘Dan McKenzie and friends’, which looks at the early history of the theory of plate tectonics. It’s easy to forget that plate tectonics, an idea we’re all familiar with at … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged continental drift, Dan McKenzie, Darwin, Fred Vine, geography, geology, history, plate tectonics
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Top five youtube geology clips – and other ways to spend the Christmas holiday…
As well as eating and drinking, Christmas is traditionally a time for doing very little. In celebration of this, we’ve compiled a few geological ways to pass the time during the holiday.
