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Colin Wright

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Evolutionary Biology PhD | Founding Editor @RealLastStand | Fellow @ManhattanInst | Advisor @AtheistsLiberty | Whiskey, fitness, cats, ideas.

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3 months ago

A little-known fact about Charles Darwin is that he nearly beat Gregor Mendel to the punch in discovering so-called 'Mendelian' inheritance, or the non-blending nature of inherited traits.

Notably, it was the binary nature of sex that tipped him off. In an 1866 letter to Alfred…

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