Tag: Richard Owen
When Darwinian Evolution Became Obsolete
The theory of evolution by natural selection was unveiled to a poorly attended and generally inattentive audience at a Linnean Society meeting.
Social Darwinism: The Wallace Factor
Ideas do indeed have consequences, but not all ideas play out the same way or weave their way in the history of ideas toward the same destination.
Darwinian Mythology in Strickberger’s Evolution
Just because something can be counted as science does not automatically mean that it is true.
Louis Agassiz and the National Academy’s Secret
Abraham Lincoln signed the Academy into law with Agassiz by his side.
Charles Darwin vs. Richard Owen on Race
Unlike Darwin, Owen believed that evolution was guided by teleology or purpose, and he saw humans as different from animals not only in degree but in kind.