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Darwin always gets the “blame,” what about Robert Chambers’ “Vestiges…”?

April 26, 2017Darwin

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Darwin always gets the “blame,” what about Robert Chambers’ “Vestiges…”?

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Vestiges did offer an evolutionary (transmutationist) worldview, but failed to develop a compelling theory and did not wield scientific data anywhere nearly as effectively as Darwin. Still, Darwin felt that Vestiges helped “soften-up” the public to allow them to accept his views.