Tag: Thomas Huxley
How Darwin and Wallace Split over the Human Mind
Marvelously free of racist prejudice, Wallace noted in his fieldwork in far-flung locations that primitive tribes were intellectually the equals of Europeans.
Was Darwinian Theory Based on a False Analogy to Geology?
Given the degree of discipleship for Sir Charles, Darwin fully expected to receive Lyell’s commendation for his labors.
Man, with His Special Place in Nature, Was Designed to Use Fire
Only a special type of being very close to our own biological design could have taken the first and vital step to technological enlightenment, fire-making.
Origin of Species: From Discussion Document to Nihilist Dogma
A colleague remarked to me (in an uncharacteristically unscholarly disclosure) that he could not share my interest in “all this old 19th-century stuff.”
Why Wallace Was Overshadowed by Darwin
Historian Michael Flannery continues his discussion with Tom Woodward about Alfred Russel Wallace, co-founder with Charles Darwin of the theory of evolution.