Alfred Newton FRS HFRSE was an English zoologist and ornithologist. Newton was Professor of Comparative Anatomy at Cambridge University from 1866 to 1907. Among his numerous publications were a four-v
The immediate reactions, from November 1859 to April 1861, to On the Origin of Species, the book in which Charles Darwin described evolution by natural selection, included international debate, though
Alfred Newton
…1860 Oxford evolution debate Reaction to Darwin's theory William Henry Flower…
Darwin, as photographed in 1860
The combative Thomas Huxley demanded a fair hearing for Darwin's ideas.
Thomas Henry Huxley applied Darwins ideas to humans. This showed humans and apes had a common ancestor.
The debate was held in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.