The Darwinian Revolution

Uncover the remarkable story of Darwin's ideas, how scientists and religious leaders reacted to them, and the sea of change in human thought that resulted.

• By This Professor
• 01: The Meaning of Evolution
• 02: The Way It Used to Be
• 03: Theories of Evolution in the 18th Century
• 04: Fossils and Catastrophism
• 05: Theories of Evolution Just before Darwin
• 06: Why Evolution Was Rejected before Darwin
• 07: Darwin's Conversion to Evolution
• 08: What's in On the Origin of Species?
• 09: How Origin Fared among Scientists
• 10: The Religious Reaction to Darwinism
• 11: The Social Implications of Evolution
• 12: Evolution and Heredity
• 13: A Nadir for Natural Selection
• 14: Groundwork for Recovery
• 15: Human Evolution
• 16: The Scopes Trial
• 17: Lamarckian Inheritance on Stage
• 18: Forging an Evolutionary Synthesis
• 19: Evolution and Molecular Biology
• 20: The Rise of Biblical Creationism
• 21: Tinkering with Evolutionary Theory
• 22: The Heritage of Eugenics
• 23: Intelligent Design
• 24: Adding Things Up