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  2. 1860 Oxford evolution debate - Wikipedia

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    The 1860 Oxford evolution debate took place at the Oxford University Museum in Oxford, England, on 7 July 1860, seven months after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species. [1] Several prominent British scientists and philosophers participated, including Thomas Henry Huxley , Bishop Samuel Wilberforce , Benjamin Brodie ...

  3. Great Hippocampus Question - Wikipedia

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    The dispute between Huxley and Owen over human uniqueness began in public at the 1860 Oxford evolution debate, during a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Oxford on Thursday 28 June 1860.

  4. List of scientific debates - Wikipedia

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    1830 Cuvier–Geoffroy debate between Georges Cuvier and Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire on animal structure. [2] 1860 Oxford evolution debate between several scientists on Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species. [3] 1860–1862 Great Hippocampus Question, between Thomas Henry Huxley and Richard Owen on the importance of hippocampus minor. [4]

  5. Oxford University Museum of Natural History - Wikipedia

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    A significant debate in the history of evolutionary biology took place in the museum in 1860 at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. [11] Representatives of the Church and science debated the subject of evolution , and the event is often viewed as symbolising the defeat of a literalist interpretation of the ...

  6. Reactions to On the Origin of Species - Wikipedia

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    The most famous confrontation took place at the public 1860 Oxford evolution debate during a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, when the Bishop of Oxford Samuel Wilberforce argued against Darwin's explanation. In the ensuing debate Joseph Hooker argued strongly in favor of Darwinian evolution.

  7. Thomas Henry Huxley - Wikipedia

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    The stories regarding Huxley's famous 1860 Oxford evolution debate with Samuel Wilberforce were a key moment in the wider acceptance of evolution and in his own career, although some historians think that the surviving story of the debate is a later fabrication. [3]

  8. Alfred Newton - Wikipedia

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    The British Association annual meeting for 1860, held in the University Museum in Oxford, was the location for one of the most important public debates in 19th century biology. Newton was present and left a record of what happened in a letter to his brother Edward.

  9. Category:Scientific debates - Wikipedia

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    Category: Scientific debates. ... 1860 Oxford evolution debate This page was last edited on 1 November 2017, at 12:46 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...