Writing in the Boston Globe’s Sunday Ideas section, I examine the strange and extraordinary history of the iconic “monkey-to-man” evolution illustration—one of the most intriguing and misleading drawings in the modern history of science.
Though the image fails to accurately illustrate Darwinian evolutionary theory, it has been hugely successful as a lightning rod for debate. It represents a society struggling over how to understand—and even whether to accept—evolution, as well as a host of other divisive issues.
Read more in the Boston Globe.
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