I have recently been made aware of a very nice educational website called "evogeneao.com." The image on the right is one of many that are available on T-Shirts that can be purchased at the site.
The founder of the website, Leonard Eisenberg, describes the purpose of the website as follows:
This website seeks to promote the teaching and acceptance of the biological theory of evolution by emphasizing one of its great lessons: that life on Earth is one big extended family, and therefore we are related in an exact way to not only every other living thing, but also to every thing that ever lived.
The website goes into considerable detail describing a method for calculating a rough estimate of the cousin and removal relationship between yourself and any other living thing. I really like this approach and recommend it highly to anyone who seeks to increase understanding and acceptance of evolutionary biology.
Also available for purchase on the website is a fabulous poster illustrating the Great Tree of Life.
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My poster should be arriving any day now. Now I just need to clear up some wall space in my classroom.
posted by Jeremy Mohn
