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Let's work collaboratively on Evolution Education and Outreach in Europe https://evokeproject.org/ Join the community that started in 2017 by signing up at http://bit.ly/JoinEvoKE
EvoKE explained: who we are and what we do 🧵 EvoKE (Evolutionary Knowledge for Everyone) is a nonprofit organisation bringing together researchers, educators, evolutionary biologists, science communicators, policymakers, and curious minds from around the world
"Birds of a feather flock together". But sometimes, the unlikeliest of pairs form lasting bonds. Take mutually beneficial symbioses in nature between animals, animals and bacteria or plants and bacteria. Or even humans and bacteria! 🧪🧵 #Evolution #EvoKE #InternationalFriendshipDay #Animalsymbiosis
📢 Save the date! We are delighted to announce that EvoKE 2027 will take place 15–17 July 2027 in the beautiful city of Aveiro, Portugal. 🇵🇹 #EvoKE2027 #EvolutionEducation #ScienceEducation #EducationResearch #Evolution #BiologyEducation #Aveiro #Portugal #Conference #SaveTheDate 🧪
Happy #SharkWeek! Did you know zebrafish are more closely related to zebras than they are to zebra sharks? 🐟🦓🦈 🤯 Credit diagram to Tyler Greenfield (X/@TylerGreenfieId) #ZebrafishFunFacts 🧪
We have a great creative team at #EvoKE, with whom I also collaborate. Follow us here and on other social media platforms to help us reach more people and make #evolution something everyone can understand and connect with 🧪
EvoKE@evokeproject.bsky.social · 2w agoMeet the #EvoKE Communications Team 📣 We have different backgrounds and a shared passion for evolution education and science outreach 🧵1/10 #EvolutionEducation
We need to truly thank this team for the amazing work they are doing to promote evolutionary literacy! Thank you amazing team!!!!
EvoKE@evokeproject.bsky.social · 2w agoMeet the #EvoKE Communications Team 📣 We have different backgrounds and a shared passion for evolution education and science outreach 🧵1/10 #EvolutionEducation
Meet the #EvoKE Communications Team 📣 We have different backgrounds and a shared passion for evolution education and science outreach 🧵1/10 #EvolutionEducation
What do pea plants have to do with evolution? 🌱 More than you might think. Gregor Mendel's careful experiments uncovered the rules of inheritance, explaining how traits are passed from one generation to the next. Gregor Mendel was born #OTD in 1822! 🧪 #GregorMendel #Evolution #Genetics #EvoKE
Happy birthday to Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), scientist and Augustinian friar who posthumously gained fame for establishing many of the rules of heredity, fundamental to modern genetics. 🧪🐡 #histsci By carefully crossbreeding pea plants and tracing seven characteristics (plant height,
Mary Leakey spent nearly 30 years searching the sediment layers of Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania alongside her husband Louis. On July 17, 1959, with Louis home sick, she spotted two large teeth jutting out of a hillside and instantly knew she was looking at one of our ancient relatives 🧪🧵
Really proud to be part of this group! Thank you EvoKE board members for making this happen!! Will you join us?
EvoKE@evokeproject.bsky.social · 3w agoLast week, our special EvoKE webinar brought together 14 participants from 7 countries. Together, we launched the EvoKE Working Group on Learning Progressions, a collaborative initiative that will bring together diverse expertise to co-develop a learning progression for evolution education 🧪 1/3
Last week, our special EvoKE webinar brought together 14 participants from 7 countries. Together, we launched the EvoKE Working Group on Learning Progressions, a collaborative initiative that will bring together diverse expertise to co-develop a learning progression for evolution education 🧪 1/3
A finch can't grow itself a bigger beak, not even when its life depends on it. So how did a whole population end up with bigger beaks in a single generation? 🐦🧪 (thread 👇) #EduSky #Evolution #EvoKe #DarwinsFinches
On this day in 1858, the scientific world first heard the idea of evolution by natural selection from a joint presentation by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace at a meeting of the Linnean Society in London. It is a case of integrity and collaboration (thread below 👇) #Evolution #EvoKE #OTD 🧪
01-Jul: On this day in 1858, Charles Darwin finally went public with his theory of evolution by means of natural selection, with the publication of back-to-back papers by Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, who had independently arrived at the same idea… friendsofdarwin.com/articles/dar... #HistSci
01-Jul-1858: Darwin goes public
Charles Darwin finally went public with his theory of evolution by means of Natural Selection on 1st July 1858.
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On this day in 1858, the scientific world first heard the idea of evolution by natural selection from a joint presentation by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace at a meeting of the Linnean Society in London. It is a case of integrity and collaboration (thread below 👇) #Evolution #EvoKE #OTD 🧪
Today marks one of the most important days in the history of Science. OTD in 1858, Charles Darwin and Alfred R. Wallace revealed the idea of evolution by natural selection @linneansociety.bsky.social meeting (although any of them was actually present) darwin-online.org.uk/content/fram...
EvoKE Webinar – Special Edition Instead of our usual webinar format, our next session will bring together researchers, educators, curriculum developers, and anyone interested in evolution education to co-create a collaborative publication #EvoKE #Evolution #EduSky 🧪 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/3SOwelR
EvoKE Webinar – Special Edition Instead of our usual webinar format, our next session will bring together researchers, educators, curriculum developers, and anyone interested in evolution education to co-create a collaborative publication #EvoKE #Evolution #EduSky 🧪 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/3SOwelR
"Queerness is unnatural" It's a statement many of us have heard before. But where does this belief actually come from? The idea that queerness is unique to humans says less about nature itself and more about how humans interpret the world around them 🧪Thread 👇 #Evolution #PrideMonth #LGBTQ #EvoKE
They ruled the oceans for over 340 million years. They survived three mass extinctions. Then vanished in a geological instant. What do we actually know about how ammonoids lived, grew, and behaved before they became fossils? #Webinar #Ammonoids #Fossils #EvoKE #Palaeontology 🧪 #EduSky
Plants have been reproducing their own way for hundreds of millions of years. So why do we keep describing them in human terms? Thread 👇 #Evolution #PrideMonth #LGBTQ #EvoKE #EduSky 🧪
“EvolvingSTEM centers on a simple but powerful idea. Instead of teaching evolution through historical examples like Darwin's finches, students work with living systems that evolve over a single week.” www.hotmetalcampus.com/news-researc...
EvolvingSTEM Brings Lab Experiments Straight Into the Classroom — Hot Metal Campus
Based out of Bridgeside Point II in Hot Metal Campus, EvolvingSTEM is a science outreach program that brings evolution and microbiology research directly into classrooms across the Pittsburgh region. ...
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This is a great, easy to understand explanation of why homosexuality in a species is not necessarily a disadvantage.
EvoKE@evokeproject.bsky.social · 2mo ago🧠 “Isn’t homosexuality an evolutionary disadvantage because it doesn’t directly produce offspring?” The simple answer is: No. At first glance, that seems logical. But evolution is rarely that simple (thread 👇) #Evolution #PrideMonth #LGBTQ #EvoKE 🧪
🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/10: Male black swans often pair up with other males, nest, and raise chicks together.
🧠 “Isn’t homosexuality an evolutionary disadvantage because it doesn’t directly produce offspring?” The simple answer is: No. At first glance, that seems logical. But evolution is rarely that simple (thread 👇) #Evolution #PrideMonth #LGBTQ #EvoKE 🧪
To celebrate Pride Month, here's an iconic queer snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum. Defying binary classifications, females produce offspring with or without males doi.org/10.1890%2F00... #PrideMonth #scientificillustration
The ocean is the cradle of all life and the place where biological evolution started to shape biodiversity, setting the stage for life on land. Most of the major biological groups that exist on Earth are found exclusively in the ocean! 💙🌎🧪 #WorldOceanDay #ProtectOurOceans #Biodiversity
A really important point about what evolution can teach us to help respond to climate change in regard to crop plants and food security #WorldEnvironmentDay
EvoKE@evokeproject.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn diverse populations, natural selection acts on existing variation, increasing the frequency of advantageous traits over generations. Preserving genetic diversity in crops and their wild relatives helps safeguard traits that may be needed to cope with future climates, pests, and diseases.