Comments on: A New Look At the Descent of Man http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/07/a-new-look-at-the-descent-of-man/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:00:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris Booth http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/07/a-new-look-at-the-descent-of-man/comment-page-1/#comment-5491 Chris Booth Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:11:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/07/a-new-look-at-the-descent-of-man/#comment-5491 This is good news. It is always good to see that you've got a new book coming out. I will certainly be buying it. Congratulations, Carl. This is good news. It is always good to see that you’ve got a new book coming out. I will certainly be buying it.

Congratulations, Carl.

]]> By: luca http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/07/a-new-look-at-the-descent-of-man/comment-page-1/#comment-5490 luca Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:50:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/07/a-new-look-at-the-descent-of-man/#comment-5490 And, as promised, ,<a>it's done</a>. I've also taken the occasion to order <a>another of your books</a> which I could not find on my usual online book shop. Now, I just have to wait 'til the end of November. Sigh! And, as promised, ,it’s done. I’ve also taken the occasion to order another of your books which I could not find on my usual online book shop.

Now, I just have to wait ’til the end of November. Sigh!

]]> By: Doug http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/07/a-new-look-at-the-descent-of-man/comment-page-1/#comment-5489 Doug Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:47:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/07/a-new-look-at-the-descent-of-man/#comment-5489 Carl: Love your stuff, man, but it's "foreword." Please fix. The Grammar Police Carl: Love your stuff, man, but it’s “foreword.” Please fix.

The Grammar Police

]]> By: John Hynes http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/07/a-new-look-at-the-descent-of-man/comment-page-1/#comment-5488 John Hynes Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:22:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/07/a-new-look-at-the-descent-of-man/#comment-5488 Any chance on the same treatment for Origin of Species? When reading it, I was constantly wondering "how recent discoveries have either supported or overturned Darwin's arguments." Who better to do so than the best science writer on the planet? I look forward to reading this one when it comes out, as I have enjoyed reading your others. Any chance on the same treatment for Origin of Species? When reading it, I was constantly wondering “how recent discoveries have either supported or overturned Darwin’s arguments.” Who better to do so than the best science writer on the planet? I look forward to reading this one when it comes out, as I have enjoyed reading your others.

]]> By: luca http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/07/a-new-look-at-the-descent-of-man/comment-page-1/#comment-5487 luca Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:37:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/07/a-new-look-at-the-descent-of-man/#comment-5487 Wonderful! I've always been afraid of reading 'the classics', for fear of them being 'outdated' and a too difficult read. But edited and annotated by you is kind of a warranty. I'll be happy to pre-order it from the near-local amazon Wonderful!

I’ve always been afraid of reading ‘the classics’, for fear of them being ‘outdated’ and a too difficult read. But edited and annotated by you is kind of a warranty.

I’ll be happy to pre-order it from the near-local amazon

]]> By: John B. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/07/a-new-look-at-the-descent-of-man/comment-page-1/#comment-5486 John B. Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:09:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/07/a-new-look-at-the-descent-of-man/#comment-5486 Despite being a big Darwin admirer, and having read a lot by him and about him, I've never read The Decent of Man. Looks like you have made this the right time to take care of that over-sight! What's really amazing about Darwin is how much he actually got RIGHT, despite that lack of fossils, and no knowledge whatsoever of DNA. My only disappointment in him is that he sat on the original theory for so long, and may not have even come out with it in 1859 had it not been for Wallace. Janet Browne's powerful two volume biography makes it apparent to me that he was deeply fearful of the back-lash. Despite being a big Darwin admirer, and having read a lot by him and about him, I’ve never read The Decent of Man. Looks like you have made this the right time to take care of that over-sight!

What’s really amazing about Darwin is how much he actually got RIGHT, despite that lack of fossils, and no knowledge whatsoever of DNA. My only disappointment in him is that he sat on the original theory for so long, and may not have even come out with it in 1859 had it not been for Wallace. Janet Browne’s powerful two volume biography makes it apparent to me that he was deeply fearful of the back-lash.

]]> By: Monado http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/07/a-new-look-at-the-descent-of-man/comment-page-1/#comment-5485 Monado Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:53:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/07/a-new-look-at-the-descent-of-man/#comment-5485 Good for you. And I'd love to see an edition of Darwin that had footnotes or interpolations where he was puzzled: "We now know that (insert research results here)." Good for you. And I’d love to see an edition of Darwin that had footnotes or interpolations where he was puzzled: “We now know that (insert research results here).”

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