Who's afraid of epigenetics? Habits, instincts, and Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory
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DOI: 10.1007/s40656-021-00376-9
Abstract: Our paper aims at bringing to the fore the crucial role that habits play in Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by means of natural selection. We have organized the paper in two steps: first, we… read more here.
Keywords: charles darwin; habit; afraid epigenetics; epigenetics habits ... See more keywords
World enough and time—Brazil, slavery, and Charles Darwin's untaken road to the United States
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DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14796
Abstract: In the spring of 1879, two decades after The Origin of Species first appeared, chemist Albert Ripley Leeds, a fellow of the New York Academyof Science, sent a brief letter to that book’s author. “I… read more here.
Keywords: world enough; health; new york; enough time ... See more keywords
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Charles Darwin, T. H. Huxley, the Origin of Cotton and Gregor Mendel (Inventor of X-rays)
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DOI: 10.1162/leon_a_01261
Abstract: The drawing Untitled (Charles Darwin) (1983), by the late Jean-Michel Basquiat, incorporates portraits of biologists, geneticists and genetical terms. What follows is a personal reflection on how the text and symbolism of Untitled affected the… read more here.
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Charles Darwin’s (1809–1882) illness – the role of post-traumatic stress disorder
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DOI: 10.1177/0967772014555291
Abstract: During most of his adult life, in counterpoint to his fame in describing the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin was chronically ill. He consulted many doctors with only limited and temporary success. His symptoms were… read more here.
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Charles Darwin and the Victorian Pre-History of Climate Denial
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DOI: 10.2979/victorianstudies.60.4.02
Abstract: Abstract:Recent theorists of the response to anthropogenic climate change have focused on what Naomi Klein terms “soft denial”: the tendency to accept the scientific consensus while continuing to live as if it were not true.… read more here.
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