
Evolution
When Lord Kelvin Nearly Killed Darwin’s Theory
The eminent 19th-century physicist argued—wrongly, it turned out—that Earth wasn’t old enough to have let natural selection play out
The eminent 19th-century physicist argued—wrongly, it turned out—that Earth wasn’t old enough to have let natural selection play out
It’s time we abandoned the notion
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