Spine_of_Darwin's_'The_Descent_of_Man'_Wellcome_L0051102 Type post Author Michael Flannery Date May 24, 2021 CategoriesBiologyEvolution Tagged , Africa, anthropologists, Civil War, colonialism, Darwin: Portrait of a Genius, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Darwinists, genius, genocide, James Moore, Paul Johnson, Princeton University, Racism, Science (journal), slavery, textbooks, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley, women Congratulations to Science Magazine for an Honest Portrayal of Darwin’s Descent of Man Michael Flannery May 24, 2021 Biology, Evolution 3 On the book's 150th anniversary, a prestigious journal is catching up with Darwin critics. Read More ›
Ota Benga Type post Author Michael Flannery Date February 10, 2021 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , Anglo-Saxons, Artificial Selection, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Darwin Day, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, eugenics, Europeans, humankind, On the Origin of Species, Paul Broca, Peter Bowler, Racism, The Descent of Man, William Graham Darwin and Race: Three Strikes, He’s Out Michael Flannery February 10, 2021 Bioethics, Evolution 7 February is Black History Month, and this week, Friday, February 12, is Darwin Day — the birthday of Charles Darwin. Read More ›
Dinornis1387 Type post Author Michael Flannery Date January 14, 2020 CategoriesHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __edited, African Americans, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, Civil War, Darwin Day, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, evolution, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, John Hedley Brooke, Michael Denton, natural selection, Paul Broca, Racism, Richard Owen, Robert Chambers, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation Richard Owen and Charles Darwin on Race: A Study in Contrasts Michael Flannery January 14, 2020 Human Origins and Anthropology 6 Darwin was unquestionably a racist, arguing that civilization would advance even at the cost of inevitable racial extermination. Read More ›
Wilson Darwin Type post Author Michael Flannery Date January 3, 2020 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __edited, Adrian Desmond, Alfred Russel Wallace, Benjamin Wiker, Bridgewater Treatises, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Cornell University, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Darwinists, Ernst Mayr, Francis Galton, George Will, Gertrude Himmelfarb, history, Jacques Barzun, James D. Watson, James Moore, Jeffrey Shallit, John William Draper, Julian Huxley, Mein Kampf, Panda's Thumb, PZ Myers, Victorian England Himmelfarb and Her Haters Michael Flannery January 3, 2020 Evolution 41 What can be said of Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution in the dusk of 2009, fifty year after its original publication? Is it a terrible book? Read More ›