More than a decade after his 'Origin of Species', Darwin found courage to publish ideas he had once only hinted at. In 'The Descent of Man' he presented an unequivocal account of human evolution.
Darwin is not yet a convert to the idea of evolution. But these days in Edinburgh stoke his passion for collecting, dissecting, and striving to understand nature. Fall 1827-Spring 1828 (Darwin's ...
In 1859 Darwin published On the Origin of Species, which outlined his theory of evolution. was an English naturalist who studied variation in plants, animals and fossils during a five-year voyage ...
I feel most deeply that the whole subject is too profound for human intellect. A dog might as well speculate on the mind of Newton." It is never ... to stress that evolution can be reconciled ...
The ship sailed to South America to carry out hydrographic surveying work. Darwin explored the continent's remote regions, collecting plants, animals and fossils, and taking copious notes. These ...
One would hope that Darwin's ability to reconcile evolution with his faith will serve as a reminder to dogmatists on both sides that a religion able to absorb new ideas and insight can co-exist ...
"Even Darwin, way back in the 1870s ... A better way to think about human evolution is like a 'bushy tree' with many branches. This is the metaphor increasingly used by scientists in this field.
How important were the South American data in shaking his faith in the orthodox view—persuading him that evolution ... from an essay on human population by Thomas Malthus), Darwin hit upon ...