November 24, 1859 –
Charles Darwin was one of the first to formulate an argument for the scientific theory of evolution by means of natural selection, which he wrote about in his book On the Origin of Species. It was first published on November 24, 1859, priced at fifteen shillings with a first printing of 1250 copies.
Though some intellectuals latched onto Darwin’s work with great enthusiasm, it generally caused controversy and outrage among Victorian society and he was vehemently attacked and ridiculed by the church.
And depending on your point of view, either this is a seminal work in scientific literature and arguably the pivotal work in evolutionary biology or, you’re a monkey’s uncle (I certainly am, as my sister’s four boys prove, time and again.)
Coincidentally, today should actually be Mother’s Day.
An international team of scientists working in northeastern Ethiopia has found the partial skeleton of a three-million-year-old hominid on November 24, 1974, that it claims is the most complete early man discovery ever made in Africa, the skeleton is better known and referred to as Lucy (after The Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds).
And so it goes.
The Haus of Dcaligari 