St George Jackson Mivart was an eminent biologist, who was at first
an advocate for natural selection and later a passionate opponent.
In this beautifully illustrated 1871 text, Mivart raised objections
to natural selection as a means for evolution. These included
problems in explaining: 'incipient stages' of complex structures
(e.g. the mammalian eye); the existence of similar structures of
divergent origin; dramatic and rapid changes in form; the absence
of transitional forms from the fossil record; and issues in
geological distribution. Citing the giraffe's neck, the rattle of
the snake and the whale's baleen, Mivart argued for the necessity
of an innate power underlying all organic life. Mivart's book did
not seriously undermine the concept of natural selection - Darwin
and Huxley soon countered his 'formidable array' of arguments - but
it helped move the debate forward. Sadly, it also led to a rift
between Mivart and Darwin.
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