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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
January 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, evolution, Greek gods, history, HMS Beagle, Janet Browne, Natural Selection: Discovery or Invention? (series), Prometheus, South America, Travel}

The Evolution of Natural Selection

_{Neil Thomas
January 7, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Remarkably, Darwin’s evolutionary ideas did not derive from his empirical observations in the South Seas or anywhere else. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
October 27, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Devil, Greek gods, Heaven, Hell, HMS Beagle, Jesus Christ, John Milton, Joseph Hooker, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Paradise Lost, religion, Satan, Scripture, spontaneous generation, Titan}

Darwin and Milton: From Paradise Lost to the Origin of Species

_{Neil Thomas
October 27, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science

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Literary critic William Empson, in a famous study, described Satan as the de facto hero of the epic in a cosmic revolt against divine repression. Read More ›

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Date
September 5, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Disney, England, evolutionary theory, HMS Beagle, Indiana Jones, intelligent evolution, Janet Browne, Labor Day, Michael Flannery, middle class, Robert McCormick, Samuel Stevens}

For Labor Day Weekend: Alfred Russel Wallace, Scientist and Working Man

_{Science & Culture
September 5, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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While you are putting away all your white clothing until next summer, take a moment to consider the impact of labor on the development of evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Date
September 5, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life, beetles, butterflies, Charles Darwin, evolution, HMS Beagle, Indiana Jones, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, Janet Browne, Labor Day, Lepidoptera, Michael Flannery, Robert McCormick, summer, The World of Life}

For Labor Day Weekend: Alfred Russel Wallace, Scientist and Working Man

_{Science & Culture
September 5, 2020

Evolution

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Take a moment to consider the impact of labor on the development of evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 30, 2018

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, evolution, HMS Beagle, Joseph Hooker, Linnean Society, Michael Flannery, Nature's Prophet, Robert Chambers, Samuel Stevens, Sarawak Law, South America, The Malay Archipelago, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation}

Alfred Russel Wallace: A Life in Science, Rediscovered

_{Michael Flannery
July 30, 2018

Botany, Evolution

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Despite the notoriety of Wallace in his own day, he remains a comparatively obscure figure in the history of biology. Read More ›

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Date
February 28, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Adaptive Radiation, alleles, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Finches, Galápagos Islands, genes, HMS Beagle, Jonathan Wells, mutation/selection mechanism, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Neanderthals, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Research, speciation, University of British Columbia, Zombie Science (book)}

Finch Varieties in New Guinea Undercut Iconic Galápagos Finch Story

_{Science & Culture
February 28, 2018

Biology, Evolution

10}

Finches on another island “would leave even Charles Darwin scratching his head.” But do they “help solve an evolutionary puzzle”? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 2, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, A. N. Wilson, Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker, Darwinism, Erasmus Darwin, fossil record, HMS Beagle, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Jerry Coyne, macroevolution, Michael Flannery, microevolution, Richard Dawkins, Robert Chambers, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation}

A.N. Wilson Is Right: “Darwin Was Wrong”

_{Jonathan Wells
February 2, 2018

Evolution

5}

I enjoyed Wilson's book, and I learned a lot from it. But this biography’s most interesting feature is its firm rejection of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Read More ›