Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters 71 - Transgender Biologist Joan Roughgarden Challenges Darwinian Conventional Wisdom

edit Ninja 2006-10-20 19:52 EDT add comment  ·  ·  ·

In her travels, Ninja comes across an article written in Seed Magazine last June about the transgender biologist Joan Roughgarden. Roughgarden has discovered that at least 450 animal species exhibit homosexual behaviour in persistent and decidedly social ways.  Ninja challenges some of the statements in the article but overall is impressed that a different way of viewing sexual selection, gender politics, and behaviour is presented. 28 Minutes.

Links:

Evolution's Rainbow by Joan Roughgarden

Joan Roughgarden Wikipedia Entry

Her Stanford Page

An Interview with her on GenderTalk Radio in 2001 

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