Orthogenesis

In 1893, the German zoologist Wilhelm Haacke published  Design and Inheritance. In it, Haacke introduced the concept of orthogenesis.  According to Haacke, changes in organisms are directed toward perfection.

Evolution Talk is also a book! You can find links to Amazon, Barnes & Noble and others on the front page of EvolutionTalk.com, or call your local bookstore and ask them to order a copy.

Works Cited

Big Think. “Bill Nye: Teaching Evolution? Think Thriller. | Big Think.” YouTube, 5 Dec. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXdUTJqI7u8.

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de. The Phenomenon of Man With an Introduction by Sir Julian Huxley. Harpertorch, 1961.

Evolution on Rails: Mechanisms and Levels of Orthogenesis. www.researchgate.net/publication/313077680_Evolution_on_rails_Mechanisms_and_levels_of_orthogenesis. Accessed 15 Oct. 2022.

Lumen Christi Institute. “What Evolution Does and Does Not Tell Us About Humans, With Simon Conway Morris.” YouTube, 24 June 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDBjTSQSYTc.

Phylogenetic Tree. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128000496002031. Accessed 15 Oct. 2022.

Wikipedia contributors. “Wilhelm Haacke.” Wikipedia, 1 May 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Haacke.

Music in this Episode

Whimsy Groove by Kevin MacLeod, Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4623-whimsy-groove, License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license, Artist website: https://incompetech.com

Monkoto by Kevin MacLeod, Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4072-monkoto, License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license, Artist website: https://incompetech.com

The Fairytale by Agnese Valmaggia, Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6372-the-fairytale, License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license, Artist website: https://soundcloud.com/user-801147991

Night Cave by Kevin MacLeod, Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4126-night-cave, License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license, Artist website: https://incompetech.com

Crescendo by Alexander Nakarada, Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8241-crescendo, License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license, Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/ Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology news

“I will be using some of these podcasts for my high school students. ”

“Intelligent, informative, & insightful.”

Apple Podcast Review