Charles Darwin Was Not Original

The ancients were writing about evolution more than two millennia before

Rory Cockshaw
The Collector

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“Charles Darwin” and “evolution” are almost synonymous — but what if I told you that Darwin was only building on an idea that was already ancient and widely-known?

Before we dive into the history, there’s an important distinction to make between “evolution” and…

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Rory Cockshaw
The Collector

I write about science, philosophy, and society. Occasionally whatever else takes my fancy. Student @ University of Cambridge, Yale Bioethics alum.