Reviews for Henry Fairfield Osborn

The average rating for Henry Fairfield Osborn based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-06-14 00:00:00 Brandy Lauder Since I'm interning in the Vertebrate Paleontology Archives at AMNH, I've been reading books and articles about the people related to this department and general museum history. I highly recommend Regal's book to anyone interested in Osborn or the theories and controversies surrounding evolution and human origins from the 1860s to 1930s. Regal's book is short, but heavy with primary source research. He deftly parses scientific and popular views of evolution, dividing these into groups such as neo-Lamarkians, Darwinists, neo-Darwinists, etc., while taking care to explain that even self-identified "Darwinists" of the time were not in agreement about what the term meant. He also critically describes Osborn's professional and personal life while never completely demonizing Osborn's connection to eugenics and racist ideas, but striving towards understanding a complicated man. Osborn is not let off the hook for his unpopular ideas, but he is never simplistically categorized as Bad.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-04-06 00:00:00 Sage Hanna Una visión no genocentrica de la evolución.