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Fulbright scholar’s studies focus on evolution

Fulbright scholar’s studies focus on evolution

Published Jun 2, 2021

Hagar Soliman, a Fulbright scholar at Binghamton, fell in love with evolutionary biology as an undergraduate at Cairo University.  Read more

Book traces disputes over teaching evolution

Book traces disputes over teaching evolution

Published Oct 26, 2020

A Binghamton University historian argues in a new book that Americans are not divided when it comes to the teaching of evolution: The real disagreements relate to creationism. Read more

Ancient DNA preserved in humans, study finds

Ancient DNA preserved in humans, study finds

Published Mar 17, 2016

Residents of the remote equatorial islands of Melanesia share fragments of genetic code with two extinct human species, according to a new study published in the journal Science. Read more

To teach evolution, you have to understand creationists

To teach evolution, you have to understand creationists

Published Nov 19, 2012

“Evolution educators do not simply need to spread the word about evolution,” Binghamton historian Adam Laats writes in The Chronicle of Higher Education. “We need to convince and convert Americans who sincerely hold differing understandings about the nature and meaning of science.” Read more