by Paige Madison | Jul 1, 2019 | History of Science
If you’ve been following along, you know I’ve been recently detailing the event of “Darwin’s Worst Nightmare” as it unfolded in real time in 1858. First, he received a letter that rocked his world (not in a good way), then he asked his...
by Paige Madison | Jun 25, 2019 | History of Science
Last week, I recounted the story of the time Darwin received a harrowing letter from Alfred Russel Wallace. The date was June 18th, 1858, and Darwin had potentially “lost all [his] originality.” His claim to “discovering” evolution through...
by Paige Madison | Jun 18, 2019 | History of Science
June 18th, 1858 was a rough day for Charles Darwin. On that day, he watched his worst nightmare seemingly unfold right in front of his eyes. “All my originality, whatever it may amount to, will be smashed,” he wrote to a friend, fearing that his...
by Paige Madison | Jun 3, 2019 | Feature, History of Science
The Taung Child—one of the most iconic fossils in paleoanthropology’s history—was initially rejected by the scientific community. Despite claims from the little skull’s discoverer that it was an important “missing link,” the fossil was dismissed. Excluded from the...
by Paige Madison | Dec 24, 2018 | Feature, Science
Everything you thought you knew about human evolution is wrong. I’m kidding of course, but this is often the impression given by news headlines. While this is far from the truth (scientists have made huge leaps in understanding human origins in recent decades), there...
