Category: Evolution
A Theoretical Biologist’s Mission Impossible: Banish Teleology While Retaining Meaning
The nonsense will cease eventually. But eventually is a long way off, if Barbieri’s dilemma is any guide.
Philosophy, Not Evidence, Drove Darwin and Huxley
This is an important thing to remember as we continue to evaluate the legacy of Darwin’s arguments today.
Maura: The Woman Whose Brain Was Stolen and Stored by the Smithsonian
Maura was brought from the Philippines to the U.S. in 1904 to take part in one of the public displays of indigenous people at the St. Louis World’s Fair.
Fossil Friday: Imagining Eggs in the Famous Archaeopteryx Fossils
Neither lack of evidence nor conflicting evidence stopped the author from drawing far-reaching conclusions.
Smithsonian’s Racist Brain Collection Exposed by Washington Post
These human specimens were collected in large part to dramatize how non-white peoples were supposedly lower on the evolutionary ladder than whites.