Today is the birthday of Charles Darwin (1909-1882). His On the Origin of Species was published in 1859 and gained widespread acceptance circa the 1870s, although speculation on the topic, including competing theories by the likes of Jean-Baptiste LaMarcke and Herbert Spencer, had emerged decades earlier. Always one to hitch his wagon to a coming [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:42AM on February 12, 2013