Tag: Darwinian
The Outsider: Alfred Russel Wallace’s Reputation in the Darwinian Era
Was Alfred Wallace a “crazy” crank? Was he an undisciplined “dilettante” bemused by every fringe belief he encountered?
Fossil Friday: To Be or Not to Be Homo
The fossil hominin Homo habilis was described 1964 by Louis Leakey and his colleagues from the 1.9 million year old Olduvai Gorge locality in Tanzania.
Religion, Science, and Evolution: Confessions of a Darwinian Skeptic
As I read through the scientific literature of evolutionary biology to try and convince myself of its accuracy and coherence, I was struck by the frequency with which I encountered “religious” language.
The Outsider: Wallace’s Reputation in the Darwinian Era
As I asked in a previous post: Why is Alfred Russel Wallace today a comparatively little known figure next to Darwin?
Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Expand Students’ Intellectual Horizons
A primary reason why many biologists never question the standard evolutionary model is their very limited training in mathematics.