Best of Rhode Island 2009 Editors' Picks

Your child is a triumph of millions of years of natural selection, right? Perhaps she should have a T-shirt announcing that. Or, on other days, "98% Chimp" might be more appro-priate. These evolution-themed slogan Ts are part of a clever product line being developed by Pawtucket-based Charlie's Playhouse, a design firm devoted to spreading Darwin's gospel. The biggest hit so far is a giant time-line floormat, which follows our 600 million year evolution from squishy glob to "Gossip Girl"-watching Homo sapiens. Wait, is that evolution?