The original question was: Why do you people get so fascinated with living fossils? After all, any survivors from evolution would, by definition, have to be living fossils. It doesn’t prove a thing. Answer by John Mackay Charles Darwin was fascinated by living fossils and so are we! Darwin is the man who defined the […]
The original question was: I was told during one of your sessions by the chap sitting next to me that he thought Darwin had recanted on his evolution thoughts as he neared death. I had heard it before, but thought that I had also heard it was rubbish. With your experience and knowledge of the […]
Answer by Diane Eager Anne Darwin died in 1851 at the age of 10 following an illness described as “bilious fever with typhoid characteristics”. Her grave is in Priory Church Yard, Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England. The gravestone is has the inscription “A Dear and Good Child”. This death of his favourite daughter has been claimed […]
Answer by John Mackay The new biology teacher asked on the first day of term, who in the class believes in creation? A young Welsh final year High School science student (name withheld) was the only one to raise her hand. The teacher told her loudly she would never get anywhere in biology with such […]