Tag: The Descent of Man | Page 7 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
May 14, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Europe, Harvard University, Louis Agassiz, National Academy of Sciences, Paul Broca, Racism, religion, Stanford University, The Descent of Man}

Louis Agassiz: Some Additional Thoughts

_{Michael Flannery
May 14, 2020

Evolution

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Despite the significance of Agassiz’s scientific accomplishments, his heavy historical baggage cannot be lightly discarded or ignored. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
January 14, 2020

Categories
Human 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

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Darwin was unquestionably a racist, arguing that civilization would advance even at the cost of inevitable racial extermination. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 24, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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, __edited, Auguste Comte, Charles Darwin, Darwin on Trial, David Klinghoffer, Edinburgh, evolution, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Harriet Martineau, John Murray, materialists, On the Origin of Species, Oxford University, Paul Johnson, Phillip E. Johnson, Plinian Society, rhetoric, The Descent of Man, transmutation}

Darwin’s Origin of Species — Some Historical Reflections 160 Years Later

_{Michael Flannery
November 24, 2019

Evolution

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Surely the “iconic” status of Darwin’s book could never have been predicted by either the author or his publisher. Read More ›

Campylobacter jejuni bacteria 3d render illustration closeup

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Author
Marcos Eberlin

Date
June 21, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, appendix, Darwinian medicine, Darwinists, David Klinghoffer, dehydration, diarrhea, Escherichia coli, foresight, GUT, gut bacteria, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, mammals, Marcos Eberlin, microbes, physiology, poverty, Salmonella, The Descent of Man, toxins, vestigial structures}

Diarrhea and Design: A Response to Jerry Coyne

_{Marcos Eberlin
June 21, 2019

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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I respect Coyne’s position, but, lacking his faith, I interpret this evidence more naturally as pointing to an ingenious mind. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 21, 2019

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, Big Bang, Charles Darwin, common descent, creationism, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, divine image, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, Homo erectus, human origins, humans, intelligent design, John Derbyshire, materialism, Neanderthals, Race Realism, Racism, savages, soul, subhumans, The Descent of Man, Walter Bradley Center}

Why Darwinism Can Never Separate Itself from Racism

_{David Klinghoffer
May 21, 2019

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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You think if Darwinian theory had emerged not in the dark age of the 19th century but in our own woke era, it would be different? No, it wouldn’t. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 10, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", Aristotle, Christians, evolutionary theory, Galen, Harvard University, Jerry Coyne, junk DNA, macroevolution, microevolution, On the Origin of Species, Oxford University, Philip Skell, pilgrimage, Poland, tautology, taxonomy, The Descent of Man, thomas}

A Darwinian Pilgrimage

_{Michael Egnor
August 10, 2018

Biology, Evolution

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Darwin still has some cachet among design advocates. In this I differ from some of my friends and colleagues. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, ABC, African Americans, Africans, Bronx Zoo, Charles Darwin, Discovery Institute, documentary, Donald Trump, Human Zoos, John West, missing links, Obama Administration, Ota Benga, The Descent of Man}

In Evolutionary Thinking, Roseanne Barr’s Offensive Tweet Has a Long History

_{David Klinghoffer
May 29, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Some voices, if not necessarily thoughtful or serious ones, have recognized this, while at the same time missing the point. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, Communism, economics, evolution, Friedrich Engels, Hannah Arendt, history, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, John the Baptist, Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx, Kremlin, Malcolm Muggeridge, natural selection, Niall Ferguson, On the Origin of Species, Soviet Union, The Descent of Man, The Origins of Totalitarianism, Trofim Lysenko, Ukraine, V.I. Lenin}

Karl Marx at 200 — Darwinism & Communism

_{David Klinghoffer
May 3, 2018

Evolution

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The men who translated Marxism into practical political terms in the form of Soviet terror were evolutionary thinkers. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, anthropology, Arthur Schopenhauer, assumptions, biases, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Europeans, evolution, human origins, ideology, Nobel Prize, prejudices, pseudoscience, Racism, religion, scientific racism, scientists, Steven Pinker, The Descent of Man}

On the History of Darwinism, Scientific Racism, and Hitler, Is Steven Pinker Objective?

_{Richard Weikart
February 26, 2018

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Psychology

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Pinker is right that we should formulate our ideas based on evidence, not bias and preconceptions. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 28, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Benjamin Wiker, Charles Darwin, First Amendment, Hugh Hefner, John West, Louisiana Science Education Act, morality, National Review Online, relativism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Weikart, The Descent of Man, William F. Buckley Jr., Zack Kopplin}

Hugh Hefner, Charles Darwin – The Connection

_{David Klinghoffer
September 28, 2017

Bioethics, Evolution

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Hefner was a modern-day exponent of evolutionary relativism, which he restyled as the “Playboy philosophy.” Read More ›