05Oct 2025 by Post

A Neglected Dissenter from Darwinism: St. George Mivart

Alfred Russel Wallace, Asa Gray, atomism, barnacles, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwin and His Critics, David L. Hull, Duke of Argyll, Epicureanism, Evolution, Fleeming Jenkin, Inkwell Press, ipse dixit, Jacob Gruber, James Barham, Lucretianism, odium antitheologicum, On the Genesis of Species, Origin of Species, Richard Owen, Roman Catholics, Samuel Haughton, scientific reasoning, Sir Charles Lyell, St. George Jackson Mivart, Stephen Jay Gould, The Descent of Man, theists, vera causa
Mivart’s objection to Darwinism has not gone away (although it is often studiously ignored). Source
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30Sep 2025 by Post

St. George Jackson Mivart: A Historical Snapshot

Charles Darwin, Church of England, Darwin's bulldog, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, Evolution, evolutionism, excommunication, Faith & Science, faith and science, General Morphology of Organisms, Generelle Morphologie der Organismen, historical figures, history, James Barham, King’s College, Lincoln’s Inn, On the Genesis of Species, Origin of Species, Richard Owen, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholics, social elite, St. George Jackson Mivart, Thomas Henry Huxley, Wikipedia, William Dembski
In the end, Darwin, Huxley, and their friends collectively decided to “cut him dead,” meaning to ostracize him socially. Source
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03Jan 2025 by Post

Fossil Friday: A Scientific Controversy About Warm-Blooded Animals

birds, Brian Gardiner, Charles Darwin, convergent adaptations, Darwinism, dinosaurs, Dromaeosauridae, Evolution, Fossil Friday (series), Green River Formation, Haematothermia, Intelligent Design, John Ray, mammals, Nahmavis grande, paleontology, Philippe Janvier, physiology, pterosaurs, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen, spermatozoa, synapsid, Søren Løvtrup, warm-blooded animals, Wyoming
How do popularizers of Darwinism such as Richard Dawkins react? Unsurprisingly, they just ignore the evidence. Source
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03May 2021 by Post

When Darwinian Evolution Became Obsolete

Alfred Russel Wallace, Anthropological Society, archaeal cells, Carl Woese, Charles Darwin, Dreams of Earth and Sky, eukaryotic cells, Evolution, Freeman Dyson, Jerry Coyne, Linnean Society, natural selection, Origin of Species, prokaryotic cells, Reductionism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen, scientistic positivism, “selfish gene”
The theory of evolution by natural selection was unveiled to a poorly attended and generally inattentive audience at a Linnean Society meeting. Source
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