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On the Origin of Species

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Darwin and the Mystery of the Missing Evidence

Charles Darwin continually promised his “big book” full of missing evidence to many of his correspondents but failed to deliver it. Read More ›
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Photo: Darwin in 1868, by Julia Margaret Cameron, via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwin’s “God Wouldn’t Do It This Way” Argument 

A book widely hailed as proposing a true mechanism for evolution actually reads more like an anti-creationist polemic. Read More ›
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young Darwin statue
Statue of a young Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury School, by Ailurus~frwiki / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

Darwin’s Bluff: Peeling Back the Myth

Tucked away in Darwin’s surviving papers is a manuscript of almost 300,000 words that he continually promised to others but never completed or published. Read More ›
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Charles Darwin statue Shrewsbury
Photo: Statue of Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury Library, by Bs0u10e01 / CC BY-SA.

Does the World Need Another Book About Darwin?

We need to let Darwin speak for himself. It turns out that Darwin, given the opportunity, is quite capable of dismantling his own mythology. Read More ›
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Deconstructing Darwin: The Myth and the Man

Harboring a secret fear that he’d become what his father said he would — a disgrace to his family — Darwin desperately sought status and recognition. Read More ›
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For Darwin Day, Robert Shedinger Calls Darwin’s Bluff

Tucked away in Charles Darwin’s surviving papers is a lengthy manuscript he never finished. Read More ›
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Parables from Nature: A Profile of Margaret Gatty

Although she refrained from challenging Darwin publicly, Margaret had strong thoughts of opposition to Darwin’s proposals. Read More ›
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Photo: Detail of Darwin statue, Natural History Museum, London, by Rept0n1x (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwinism as Fact? The Waning of an Historical Myth 

Historically the unfathomable subtleties of our terrestrial environment have been viewed as in and of themselves empirical markers for design. Read More ›
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Image: Charles Darwin caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871

No. 5 Story of 2023: Peer-Reviewed Paper Finds “Neo-Darwinism Must Mutate to Survive”

They conclude, “There is something besides mutations and survival of the fittest needed to explain evolution.” Read More ›
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Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace
Photo: Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace, by George Beccaloni / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).

Alfred Russel Wallace’s Bicentennial Year: A Cause for Celebration and for Sadness

All the hyperbole shows the fix is in — Wallace has been made safe for scientism and Darwinian reductionism. The academy can breathe easy. Read More ›

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