Tag: evolution
The Gargoyle’s Challenge — Remembering Schützenberger on Darwinism
David Berlinski lives in the shadow of the Notre-Dame in Paris and poignantly remembers the cathedral before it burned.
Racial Conflict and Scientific Racism
Protests are convulsing Louisville, KY, over the death of Breonna Taylor. How is the legacy of scientific racism reflected in today’s unrest?
Darwinism as Hegelian Dialectics Applied to Biology
Nineteenth-century Darwinism was much more than a revolutionary scientific theory.
Richard Weikart on How Darwinism Fueled Scientific Racism
Darwin didn’t merely predict racial genocide; he thought it would advance human evolution.
Kimberella Is No Solution to the Cambrian Conundrum
The fossil record speaks clearly and cries out loud: the history of life on Earth is a history of saltations.