Darwin-Mania

Today (February 12th) is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin.  Wired has a nice little story, and the history of evolutionary thought is the featured article on Wikipedia.

While there are still 1 or 2 crackpots and several million idiots who would lead you to believe that his thoughts on natural selection and evolution are still controversial today, they are not.  Modern biology has much to thank to this man, who gave us the blueprints for understanding how present day life came to be and is the foundation of modern biology.

Happy birthday Chuck.