July 1st is 161 years since Darwin’s “Natural Selection” theory was accepted by the Linnean society of scientists as the correct explanation and Evolution became Darwinian Evolution.
I find most people think Darwin was a lovely and rather enlightened man, and that his theory rose to prominence on merit alone.
Those people can’t complete a dichotomous key test between asses and elbows, scientifically speaking. If you’ve never read my stuff before, you might worry I’m a closet creationist. Nope.
Part 1.
The Descent of Darwin: Part 1 – Survival of the Best Connected
Part 2.
The descent of Darwin: Part 2 The fall of Wallace, Lamarck and complexity
Part 3.
Part 4.
