Archetypes and ancestors
Palaeontology in Victorian London 1850-1875
Fossil Reptiles
Phylogeny
Fossil Mammals
Paléontologie
Crocodiles
Paleontology
Dinosaurs
Evolution
History
How fossil animals were interpreted by rival sectors of British society, especially by pro- and anti-Darwinian factions. The ideological infighting was typified by T. H. Huxley and Richard Owen's clashes over dinosaurs, the ancestry of mammals and birds, and the kinship of mammal-like reptiles. Also…
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