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Reef Madness 11: Darwin’s First Theory of Evolution

Posted on August 31, 2011 by David Dobbs · Leave a comment

This is the 11th installment of an abridged version of my book Reef Madness: Alexander Agassiz, Charles Darwin, and the Meaning of Coral.  (Earlier installments are listed at bottom.) Here Darwin hatches the theory of coral reef formation that will start a decades-long argument with Alexander Agassiz — and create a template for his species theory. © […]

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