Tag: Ernst Haeckel
Origin of Species — A Safe Book in the South?
We can assume that this writer would have been a Connecticut Yankee, a strong opponent of the South and slavery.
As Many Opinions as There Are Men?
The ideas of Ernst Haeckel, in his youth a hardline Darwinian materialist, were to evolve to a surprising degree.
Darwinism in Nazi Propaganda
The authors considered human evolution especially important, because they believed it supported their vision of racial inequality.
Listen: Q&A with Weikart on Darwinian Racism
What about the objection that Darwinism, properly understood, doesn’t support scientific racism (much less Nazi racism)?
Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Molecular Phylogeny
Common ancestry does not emerge from the inconsistent findings of molecular phylogenetics.