I'm an Evolutionary Biologist...AMA

So whats with the myth that humans evolved from monkeys? Or apes etc.

It's just what stupid people say when they try and strawman evolution

So whats with the myth that humans evolved from monkeys? Or apes etc.

Oh.
Do you class trees, viruses and germans as living things?

As if you need to ask an Evolutionary Biologist! This should be covered in GCSE. You've got a misconception there, the point is we evolved from a common ancestor and followed different evolutionary pathways, thereby living amongst each other but having some sort of an ancestor from which we and the apes evolved

Trees and germans...100% yes.

Viruses are highly debated.

I dont have any GSCEs. School was not my thing and I probably couldnt even spell GSCE back then. I figured learning about Isaac Einstein and that famous english writer that I cant remember the name of wasnt going to make me able to repair aeroplane engines or operate a forklift. So I quit school and ended up working in various factories and warehouses to earn some money.



Meant germs lol! Dam auto correction thing on my web browser.

I dont have any GSCEs. School was not my thing and I probably couldnt even spell GSCE back then. I figured learning about Isaac Einstein and that famous english writer that I cant remember the name of wasnt going to make me able to repair aeroplane engines or operate a forklift. So I quit school and ended up working in various factories and warehouses to earn some money.

Can you explain coalescent theory to people without sending them to sleep?

If by germs you meen bacteria then yes they are alive.

Isaac Einstein

Teaching is my passion so I couldn't certainly have a crack at it :P Though I fear over the internet it would bore anyone. In person it could be possible I think :P

If people evolved from monkeys then why do monkeys still exist?

Evolution sometimes works in reverse, what is the cause of this phenomenon?

Yes I did mean germs as in "bacteria" and not germs as in electrical discharge from cumulonimbus clouds, as this would be an incorrect totally ***ed up use of the word. Although I sort of did that anyway in my earlier post.

What do you teach?
Tell me an interesting fact that you think I am unlikely to know based on the subject you teach.

I was more clarifying as germs can mean any sort of disease causing microorganism :P



Currently I more do A level tutoring (though I may have a part time school teaching job in september). I want to become a teacher once I leave university and teach Biology and Chemistry.

I have a great love of music (don't we all) playing both violin and saxophone, with a particular interest in jazz music (might not be interesting but oh well :P )

What interests you the nost about evolutionary biology?

More interesting than the bloody Spice Girls, Abba or other talent deprived slappas that think they make nice sounds when, in fact, most people would rather listen to morse code. And on that bombshell I need to go to the toilet........

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What are the job prospects like?

Well I have always been a huge fan of prehistory and evolutionary biology explains how we have all these wonderful species in each time period. Why they are so different. Why some are successful and some are not. How we came to what we have now.

It explains (or at least tries to) everything we see around us in the world. From natural to man made. All stems to evolution. It just poses really interesting questions, and is a great debate topic. (Not evolution vs. creationism debate...real evolutionary discussion about who we are as a species and about every species we see or has become extinct).