The Evolutionary Philosophy of Chauncey WrightIntroductionIn the recent bestseller, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Daniel C. Dennett argues that the truly "dangerous" aspect of the Darwinian revolution was not the notion that species evolve: Lamarck, Owen, and Darwin's grandfather Era...

Charles Robert Darwin Charles Robert Darwin, who was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, on February 12, 1809, was a great British scientist. Charles Darwin developed his idea of evolution called natural selection. "His work was of major influence on life, earth sciences, and modern thou...

Why do some birds have long tails, others have bright plumage or patterns and others possess beautifully complicated songs. Many animal behaviourists have agreed that all these characteristics are developed as a result of female sexual selection, but that is where the agreement stops.The many theori...

How Racism Has Been Shaped by Evolutionary Ideas. Racism has been perpetuated falsely by evolutionary ideas throughout history. Since the beginning of intelligent life mankind has discriminated against others of it's own species. The "in group" m...

Proof of EvolutionEvolution is a fairly simple idea. A broad definition of it is "Species change overtime." Evolutionary theory is supported by a huge body of evidence, including the fossilrecord and observation of organisms alive today. That is the reason it is embraced bymost mainstream ...

Eleven Past and Present BioneersA bioneer is a visionary who works for the Earth's behalf. The past, present, and future life on this planet has been, is, and will be changed by everyday people from all walks of life. A pauper, a bored student, a forester, a writer, a singer songwriter, an ethologi...

Evolution, a process of change through time, is what links together the enormous diversity of the living world. A lot of evidence is present that indicates that the earth has had a very long history and that all living things arose in the course of that history from earlier, more simpler forms. In o...