Charles Darwin causes an intellectual storm publishing The Origin of Species

Category
Science
Place
United Kingdom
Date
1859
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"Darwin realized the need to explain the variations over time that occurred in animals and birds. . . . To critics, he was attacking God, destroying the concept of a creator, and reducing human kind to the level of beasts." [Furtado: 1001 Days]

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2020
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