History Schmistory: November 24. Gone Apey.

1859: Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species, introducing the scientific theory of natural selection, which suggests, among many things, that humans evolved from apes. Many tempers flare, while other imaginations run wild!

By Cover designer Unknown. Book written by Pierre Boulle. (ebay posting) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

By Cover designer Unknown. Book written by Pierre Boulle. (ebay posting) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons