Tag: Jamaica

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 20, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, Adrian Desmond, Cambridge, Charles Darwin, citations, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Down House, England, evolution, historiography, Jamaica, James Moore, John Stuart Mill, Louis Agassiz, Racism, Sacred Cause (series), slavery, The Times (London), William Erasmus Darwin}

Darwin and the “Eyre Affair”: A Speculative Tale

_{Robert Shedinger
March 20, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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October 7, 1865, saw a revolt break out in Jamaica in which 18 officials and militia men were killed by members of the freed black population. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 20, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Afrotheria, common descent, Darwinism, Desmostylia, dugongs, elephants, Embrithopoda, Eocene, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Jamaica, mammals, Paleocene, PaleoDB, paleontology, Proboscidea, sea cows, sirenians, synapomorphies, Tethytheria, Washington State, whales}

Fossil Friday: Sea Cows and the Abrupt Origin of Sirenia and Desmostylia

_{Günter Bechly
January 20, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology, Science

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So, is every thing OK with Darwinism after all? No so fast. Actually, there are some problems that do not square well with a Darwinian scenario. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 26, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Canada, consciousness, Eugene Wigner, goats, Jamaica, John Bell, John von Neumann, Nigeria, quantum effects, quantum mechanics, Sabine Hossenfelder, termites}

Quantum Physics Axed Materialism. Many Hope the World Won’t Know

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 26, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

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Theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder struggles to explain how quantum mechanics is consistent with materialism. Read More ›