February 12, 2009
Today is a special day.
Two centuries ago, today, a pair of babies were born. One, screaming to life in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky, became the Great Emancipator. The other, born under a doctor's care, in red brick house in Shropshire became the greatest biologist who ever lived. Happy Darwin/Lincoln Day everybody!
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Ah ha! The evolution of a new post. You saw it here, folks.
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YAY!! /dons stovepipe hat, beard, gives birth to offspring with favourable mutation
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How Lincoln and Darwin Shaped the Modern World
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Great article, homunculus. A shame that the two never met.
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But sadly a Gallup poll shows that only 39% of Americans say they "believe in the theory of evolution".
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Cold climates are good for the brain.
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But apparently it's not cold enough in the UK.