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1 October 2009 Ten Myths about Charles Darwin
Kevin Padian
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Abstract

Charles Darwin is one of the most revered (and at times reviled) figures in Western history. A great many “facts” about him and his ideas are the stuff of textbook myths, others are inaccuracies spread by antievolutionists, and still others are conventional historical mistakes long corrected but still repeated. I present 10 such misconceptions, and some quick and necessarily incomplete rebuttals. New scholarship is rapidly clearing away some of these myths.

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Kevin Padian "Ten Myths about Charles Darwin," BioScience 59(9), 800-804, (1 October 2009). https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2009.59.9.10
Published: 1 October 2009
KEYWORDS
Alfred Russel Wallace
Charles Darwin
evolution
history of science
selection theory
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