Social Darwinism and the origins of scientific racismon June 24, 2020The “Origin of species by natural selection”, Charles Darwin’s (1809-1882) masterpiece, was published in Nov 1859- all twelve hundred and fifty copies were sold out on the first day. Since then Darwin’s ideas have revolutionised the entire premise of evolutionary biology and superseded the concept of naturalism as an explanation of human evolution. In this […]
Social Darwinism and the origins of scientific racismon June 17, 2020The “Origin of species by natural selection”, Charles Darwin’s (1809-1882) masterpiece, was published in Nov 1859- all twelve hundred and fifty copies were sold out on the first day. Since then Darwin’s ideas have revolutionised the entire premise of evolutionary biology and superseded the concept of naturalism as an explanation of human evolution. In this […]