Man's Place in Nature, 1863 Thomas Henry Huxley Author

by Thomas Henry Huxley

2021-04-03 10:56:19

Huxley was one of the first adherents to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection and advanced its acceptance by scientists and the public. Man's Place in Nature was explicitly directed against Richard Owen, who had claimed that there were d... Read more
Huxley was one of the first adherents to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection and advanced its acceptance by scientists and the public. Man's Place in Nature was explicitly directed against Richard Owen, who had claimed that there were distinct differences between human brains and those of apes. Huxley demonstrated that ape and human brains were fundamentally similar in every anatomical detail, thus applying evolution to the human race. Less

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Print pages176
PublisherTaylor & Francis
Publication date June 1, 2004
ISBN9781134439843
Thomas Henry Huxley PC PRS FLS FRS was an English biologist specialising in comparative anatomy. He is known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution....

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