The Evolution of Blue in Society
Blue has the shortest wavelengths of the colour spectrum making blues and violets the last colours to be seen, red…
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The Evolution of Homo sapiens
Us. Humans. We’re a bit odd at times but we descend from an incredible lineage story. As we go back…
The Evolution of Meaning
Meaning, purpose and identity is at the heart of existence. The idea that each thing has its own purpose, behaviour…
The Evolution of the Psychology of Colour
It took around 600 million years for the eye to develop to see movement, form and then colour. Different organisms…
The Evolution of Seeing Colour
Photons – the building blocks of light Colour is light. Light is photons. Photons are elementary particles with no mass…
The Evolution of Taxonomy
Taxonomy is the study of naming and defining biological organisms in order to group them together according to common characteristics.…
The Evolution of Vertebrates
Vertebrates make up a small number of total species alive today however they are dominant across various ecosystems and that…
The Evolution of Oxygen
Oxygen is atomic number 8 on the periodic table and a highly reactive non-metal. It forms oxides easily with other…
The Evolution of Cave Art
Murals date back thousands of years, to our early human ancestors living in caves and small tribes across the globe.…
Evolution of Star Charts
Mapping the celestial bodies The desire to know what is beyond our planet is a notion that encapsulated our earliest…
The Evolution of the Universe
The universe is 13.8 billion years old by current estimates. This might change as the James Webb telescope discovers more…
The Evolution of Paint
Paint is essentially a pigment, a binder and a solvent with the occasional additives. Pigment colour depends on its chemical…
The Evolution of Writing and Languages
Language is unique to humans and our ancestors. It isn’t entirely clear from the skeletal evidence of early hominines whether…
The Evolution of Ice Ages
Ice ages are common in Earth’s history. They come in different forms, for example there have been ‘Snowball Earth events’…
The Evolution of Tulip Mania
Considered to be one of the first crashes in history, the tulip economic crash is described as an asset price…