>PRINT DARWIN'S DECK This design for a deck of cards pays homage to the theory of evolution by illustrating the original thirteen finches that Charles Darwin discovered in the Galapagos Islands in the mid-1800s. The design substitutes the original rank—Ace, Jack,Queen, King, 2 through 10—for the thirteen original finch species, each drawn by hand with rapidograph ink. The design also substitutes the original suites—clubs, spades, hearts, diamond—for four categories of food sources that contributed to the different shapes and sizes of each of the finch's beaks: "seeds," "fruit," "cactus" and "insects." (Players are welcome to rank the new suites on their own terms before each game.) For the truly nerdy, the deck can be played and conceptualized as a "game of evolution," whereby winning is just natural selection at its best. ILLUSTRATION CYNTHIA BARTON

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DARWIN'S DECK This design for a deck of cards pays homage to the theory of evolution by illustrating the original thirteen finches that Charles Darwin discovered in the Galapagos Islands in the mid-1800s. The design substitutes the original rank—Ace, Jack,Queen, King, 2 through 10—for the thirteen original finch species, each drawn by hand with rapidograph ink. The design also substitutes the original suites—clubs, spades, hearts, diamond—for four categories of food sources that contributed to the different shapes and sizes of each of the finch's beaks: "seeds," "fruit," "cactus" and "insects." (Players are welcome to rank the new suites on their own terms before each game.) For the truly nerdy, the deck can be played and conceptualized as a "game of evolution," whereby winning is just natural selection at its best. ILLUSTRATION CYNTHIA BARTON
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DARWIN'S DECK This design for a deck of cards pays homage to the theory of evolution by illustrating the original thirteen finches that Charles Darwin discovered in the Galapagos Islands in the mid-1800s. The design substitutes the original rank—Ace, Jack,Queen, King, 2 through 10—for the thirteen original finch species, each drawn by hand with rapidograph ink. The design also substitutes the original suites—clubs, spades, hearts, diamond—for four categories of food sources that contributed to the different shapes and sizes of each of the finch's beaks: "seeds," "fruit," "cactus" and "insects." (Players are welcome to rank the new suites on their own terms before each game.) For the truly nerdy, the deck can be played and conceptualized as a "game of evolution," whereby winning is just natural selection at its best. ILLUSTRATION CYNTHIA BARTON
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DARWIN'S DECK This design for a deck of cards pays homage to the theory of evolution by illustrating the original thirteen finches that Charles Darwin discovered in the Galapagos Islands in the mid-1800s. The design substitutes the original rank—Ace, Jack,Queen, King, 2 through 10—for the thirteen original finch species, each drawn by hand with rapidograph ink. The design also substitutes the original suites—clubs, spades, hearts, diamond—for four categories of food sources that contributed to the different shapes and sizes of each of the finch's beaks: "seeds," "fruit," "cactus" and "insects." (Players are welcome to rank the new suites on their own terms before each game.) For the truly nerdy, the deck can be played and conceptualized as a "game of evolution," whereby winning is just natural selection at its best. ILLUSTRATION CYNTHIA BARTON
>PRINT DARWIN'S DECK This design for a deck of cards pays homage to the theory of evolution by illustrating the original thirteen finches that Charles Darwin discovered in the Galapagos Islands in the mid-1800s.
ILLUSTRATION CYNTHIA BARTON
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The design substitutes the original rank—Ace, Jack,Queen, King, 2 through 10—for the thirteen original finch species, each drawn by hand with rapidograph ink.
For the truly nerdy, the deck can be played and conceptualized as a "game of evolution," whereby winning is just natural selection at its best.