Happy birthday, Charles Darwin (12 February 1809–19 April 1882)!  Thank you for the theory of evolution, for which I see abundant evidence and proof.  Thank you for scientific inquiry, and for your intellectual curiosity! I’m so sorry that the 21st century is proving less scientifically rigorous than the 19th century…although clearly the 19th wasn’t a cakewalk: ( “A Venerable Orang-outang”, a caricature of Charles Darwin as an ape published in The Hornet, 22 March 1871)

Happy birthday, Charles Darwin (12 February 1809–19 April 1882)!  Thank you for the theory of evolution, for which I see abundant evidence and proof.  Thank you for scientific inquiry, and for your intellectual curiosity!

I’m so sorry that the 21st century is proving less scientifically rigorous than the 19th century…although clearly the 19th wasn’t a cakewalk:

Darwin caricature

( “A Venerable Orang-outang”, a caricature of Charles Darwin as an ape published in The Hornet, 22 March 1871)

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