Category: Darwin Celebration

Darwin Celebrated on Magazine Covers

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The Darwin Bicentennial celebration mania seems to have finally peaked — although we still have the Origin of Species 150 year October anniversary activities to suffer through. So far, there… Read more »

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Darwin Celebration on the Island of Malta

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It seems that Darwin is being recognized even in the smallest parts of the world.  The following Associated Press article appeared in Malta’s newspaper, the Malta Independent.  Malta is an… Read more »

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Jonathan Wells Commentary in Washington Times

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Happy Darwin Day? by Jonathan Wells Washington Times Daily February 12, 2009, p. A18 (Commentary) Today marks the bicentennial of two notable birthdays, Abraham Lincoln’s and Charles Darwin’s. Lincoln is… Read more »

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Vatican Official Endorses Evolution

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Vatican view of Darwinism evolves into a compatible theory by Richard Owen The Australian (Australia), p. 11. February 12, 2009 The Vatican has admitted that Charles Darwin was on the… Read more »

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Charles Darwin Declared Anti-Slavery

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Darwin evolves into anti-slavery advocate by Philip Ball The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand), p. A21. January 28, 2009 It sounds glib to say every age moulds Charles Darwin to… Read more »

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Mr and Mrs Charles Darwin

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Charles and Emma Darwin never were able to see eye-to-eye on God  by Deborah Heiligman Los Angeles Times (Op-Ed), p. A19. January 29, 2009 On January 29, 1839, in the… Read more »

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Darwin’s Plagiarism of Alfred Wallace Under Study

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Interestingly enough, some creationists are contending that Darwin did not plagiarize Wallace or other contemporary scientists. Todd Wood in Natural Selection—Theory or Reality?, and in a yet to be published… Read more »

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The Importance of Darwin

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How important was Charles Darwin, and what is his legacy today? The Independent (United Kingdom), p. 34. December 30, 2008 Why are we asking this now? From the back of… Read more »

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