Darwin Type post Author Daniel Witt Date June 25, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Australian Aboriginals, brain, Charles Darwin, common ancestor, compartmentalization, creationism, Darwinism, digestive system, dualism, evolution, false dilemma, hereditarianism, human lineages, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, IQ gap, J. B. S. Haldane, lungs, men, Native Americans, natural selection, Nicobar Islands, Personality and Individual Differences, Racism, random variation, retconning, savages, skin, sub-Saharan Africans, tails, women 21st-Century Darwinism’s Impossible Situation Daniel Witt June 25, 2025 Evolution, Intelligent Design 9 The nasty racial implications of Darwin’s theory should not just be tastefully ignored. Read More ›
Spine_of_Darwin's_'The_Descent_of_Man'_Wellcome_L0051102 Type post Author Daniel Witt Date June 24, 2025 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , apes, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, chemistry, Christianity, Dante Alighieri, Darwinism, Erasmus Darwin, intelligence, intelligence tests, J. B. S. Haldane, J. R. R. Tolkien, John Milton, Lord Monboddo, Mars, Naomi Mitchison, Possible Worlds and Other Essays, race, science fiction, scientific racism, scientists, The Descent of Man, Third Reich, UNESCO The End of Scientific Racism Daniel Witt June 24, 2025 Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 10 J. B. S. Haldane initially subscribed to some of the racism of the era — but, to his credit, his views shifted over time as more evidence came to light. Read More ›