Guardian: 150 years ago, Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” hit the book stores

On Saturday, The Guardian in the UK ran a tremendous package to mark the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s literary and scientific convulsion, “On the Origin of Species.” We’re also just about at the 200th anniversary of his birth (actually, 199th). Several other outlets have made note of all this aside from the Guardian, but with its own staff joined by missives from the likes of Richard Dawkins, and a cleric who argues that faith and evolution co-exist just fine, and so forth, its effort stands out.

Other sample stories:

San Francisco Chronicle Op-Ed Susan Jacoby on the aggressive ignorance of the US public on such things as evolution ; Tampa Tribune science writer Kurt Loft hopes that, on President’s day, Americans make room for Charles, too. He and Abe were born the same day.

-CP