Evolution & The Darwins (Part 2 of 2)

Charles Darwin yearned to unify both human understanding and human beings. As Marek Kohn, a British scientist, explains, “Evolutionary thinking enabled [Darwin] him to rescue the idea of human unity, taking it over from a religion that no longer provided it with adequate support, and put the idea of common descent on a rational foundation.” Evolution connected our insignificant, subjective lives into a grand narrative. But as I shared in my last podcast, Charles correctly anticipated the resistance his work would foster, and the anguish it would cause Emma who believed in a heaven where they would both reunite after death.