Darwin’s coffin
As reported in the SKETCH 16 April 1896:
As reported in the SKETCH 16 April 1896:
Patrick Matthew of Gourdiehill, Perthshire (1790 –1874) was a true social maverick. Many folk more able than I, are endeavouring to secure his proper place in history. On Gourdiehill, cultural … Continue reading Gourdiehill
Marx and Engels in their commentary on Darwin spoke of his materialism as ‘mechanical’, to be distinguished from their own dialectical and historical materialism. The supernatural, and hence religious belief, … Continue reading Prince Peter Kropotkin
While all biologists share the assumption that humans are an evolved species, evolutionary psychologists go much further, making the profoundly un-Darwinian assertion that ‘human nature ’, was fixed in the … Continue reading Pleistocene