The Darwin Awards are given to people who died due to foolish or idiotic actions, meeting specific criteria. The awards aim to honor those who accidentally remove themselves from the gene pool. Wendy Northcutt maintains the website and books, with examples including a man who set himself on fire and a Brazilian man who tried […]
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was published in 1859 in a book called On the Origin of Species. He did not preserve any original drafts and the few remaining leaves were saved because his children had drawn pictures on them. Darwin waited 20 years to publish his theory and it was ranked as the second […]
Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution, outlined in his seminal book On the Origins of Species, challenged Christian beliefs and forever changed the way we view the development of species on Earth. Darwin’s interest in natural history was sparked at the University of Edinburgh, and his theories on evolution were influenced by his work with John […]
