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Fans of evolution have reason to celebrate. The year 2009 is both the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, which formally laid out his theory of evolution. Darwin??s discovery revolutionized the field of biology and laid the groundwork for countless future discoveries in anthropology, psychology, and medicine. Chances are, you found out about Darwin??s birthday well before reading this, because his face has been everywhere this winter, from the cover of National Geographic to the Queen?...
...wondered whether an awareness of the continuity of related species could assuage the pain of death. Humanities Center Director and Professor Homi K. Bhabha called the literary critic a “magnificent archaeologist of the soul of the scientist.” Beer said that in Darwin??s writings he used imaginative language to achieve a “reverse anthropomorphism” that nurtured empathy between humans and other living beings. For example, he once observed a plant recoiling in “disgust” from a zinc plate. According to Beer, Darwin used this...
Allison E. Rosenberg ‘12, said she was interested to learn the actual ideas from Darwin??s original words by participating in the read-a-thon...
History of science professor Janet Browne said that she has seen these papers firsthand in an archive with Darwin??s original works, and commented on the magnitude of Darwin??s theory...
Despite the importance of Darwin??s theory of evolution, there is still much debate about the validity of the theory. A Gallup poll conducted this Wednesday showed that only 39% of Americans say they “believe in the theory of evolution...