Darwin Killed Off The Werewolf
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 08:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
It was Darwinian theory that did away with the werewolf. The publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species exactly 150 years ago focused minds on a different kind of monster – ape-men such as the Yeti, Bigfoot and Sasquatch. From then onwards, werewolves were relegated to a fictional footnote.