Darwin's theory that our ancestors were apes caused a furore in the scientific world and outside it when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Arguments still rage about the implications of his evolutionary theory, and scepticism about the value of Darwin's contribution to knowledge is
widespread. In this analysis of Darwin's major insights and arguments, Jonathan Howard reasserts the importance of Darwin's work for the development of modern biology.
List of Illustrations
1. Darwin's life
2. The foundations of Darwinism
3. Natural selection and the origin of species
4. The evidence for evolution by natural selection
5. Sex, variation, and heredity
6. Man
7. Perfection and progress
8. Darwinism and
ideology
9. Darwin as a scientist: an evaluation
Further Reading
Index
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Jonathan Howard was Head of the Department of Immunology at the Babraham Institute, near Cambridge, and is now Professor of Cell Genetics at the Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Germany. He is a fellow of the Royal Society.
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