Tag: United States
On Indigenous Peoples Day, Remember This Chapter from the History of Evolutionary Science
John West was in St. Louis recently and had the opportunity to explore the site of the 1904 World’s Fair, which featured a “human zoo.”
When the American Museum of Natural History Promoted Eugenics
Hear about a time when a cherished American institution warmly endorsed Darwinian-inspired efforts to breed a master race.
On a Grim Anniversary, Shocking Documentary Human Zoos Now Available on Amazon
This was supposed to be of scientific interest, educating visitors in the evolutionary doctrine that placed Africans in close relationship to apes.
For Rivers, a “Right to Flow”?
Most media with which I interact on this issue assume that advocating personhood for nature must be a fringe meme.
Lab-Grown Lungs Transplanted into Pigs
The human organ shortage is one of the great bioethical dilemmas of our time. Expanding the organ supply is a matter of life and death.