Tag: evolution

  • Retrospection: Agassiz’s Expeditions in Brazil The Harvard Crimson 2016-04-21 Michelle Y. Raji Louis Rodolphe Agassiz But for Agassiz, the trip to Brazil was about more than science. Not only was evolution—a process not immediately observable to the human eye—deeply antithetical to Agassiz’s staunch empiricism, evolution was profoundly at odds with his perceived world order. Three…

  • Our Problems with Race: Addressing Biological Versus Social Definitions Appalachian State University Blue Ridge Ballroom PSU Wednesday, 2009-10-28 19:00 EDT (Local Time)                                    Joseph L. Graves, Jr, Dean of University Studies and Professor of Biological Sciences North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University What does evolution tell us about race and what are we taught to…