To: T'wit
Do you suppose he reproduced successfully before he nodded off?
It's one of the ironies of science that Charlie married his first cousin and almost all of their children died before childbirth or survived just a small length of time. I think a couple of daughters survived their childhood. I don't believe that any survived to die of old age.
16 posted on
02/01/2006 12:42:22 AM PST by
crazyhorse691
(Diplomacy doesn't work when seagulls rain on your parade. A shotgun and umbrella does.)
To: crazyhorse691
It's one of the ironies of science that Charlie married his first cousin and almost all of their children died before childbirth or survived just a small length of time. I think a couple of daughters survived their childhood. I don't believe that any survived to die of old age. And you'd be wrong.
William Erasmus Darwin (27 December 1839 - 1914)
Henrietta Emma Darwin (25 September 1843 - 1929)
George Howard Darwin (1845-1912)
Elizabeth "Bessy" Darwin (8 July 1847–1926)
Leonard Darwin (1850-1943)
Francis Darwin (1848-1925)
Horace Darwin (1851-1928)
Mary Eleanor died as a baby, Charles Waring died from scarlet fever at age 2, and Anne Elizabeth died of tuberculosis at age ten.
18 posted on
02/01/2006 1:53:22 AM PST by
dread78645
(Intelligent Design. It causes people to misspeak)
To: crazyhorse691
It's one of the ironies of science that Charlie married his first cousin and almost all of their children died before childbirth or survived just a small length of time. I think a couple of daughters survived their childhood. I don't believe that any survived to die of old age. Your belief is founded in the lies of Fundamentalists.
The Children of Charles & Emma Darwin
10 chilren, 3 died in infancy, the others survived to 67, 70s, 80s, 93.
20 posted on
02/01/2006 4:47:41 AM PST by
Oztrich Boy
(Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. Pascal)
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