Tag: history
For Telling the Truth About Alfred Russel Wallace, Historian Michael Flannery Is Slandered as a "Denialist"
George Beccaloni, Flannery’s prominent antagonist in the battle over Wallace’s legacy, prefers to “ignore” Wallace’s turn toward proto-intelligent design.
Textbooks by Our Critic Donald Prothero Are Some of the Most Recent to Reprint Phony Embryo Drawings
Dr. Prothero, a geologist and prominent “skeptic,” has a long history of interaction with Darwin-doubters.
In Words and Images, My Hike to the Burgess Shale
Conway Morris’s description is dead on. Imagine the scene he describes — hiking through gorgeous scenery up to a tiny quarry where you find ancient fossils preserved in incredible detail.
No, Scientists in Darwin’s Day Did Not Grasp the Complexity of the Cell; Not Even Close
But what about Darwin’s citation of the gemmule? Does this help show he had an accurate understanding of cellular complexity?
Did I Too Conveniently Omit Mention of Alfred Russel’s Wallace Interest in Spiritualism?
Wallace’s argument for guidance and purpose in the universe is made quite apart from his spiritualistic beliefs.