Evolution (Classic Reprint)
Watson, James Anderson Scott Excerpt from EvolutionThe idea of Evolution is an old one. It is older than the Darwinian hypothesis it is older than Lamarck, who published his particular theory in 1809, the year that Darwin was born, it is older than Buffon or Kant. In a fairly definite form it is as old as Aristotle. The Evolution idea has thus itself evolved, and is the product of many centuries of thought. Yet it was only the last generation that began to give the idea s...