Originally Posted by
DeltaFree
I suggest most scientists pre-Darwin were creationists as there was no Evolution theory to believe in.
Not so. Darwin popularised evolution but his grandfather Erasmus wrote much of what Darwin published and influenced his thinking before going on the Beagle. Prior to that, Empedocles (d. 435), Democritus (d. 370), Epicurus (d. 270) and Lucretius (d. 55) had ideas about life arising spontaneously and one life form arising from another!
It is illogical to asume that pre-Darwin, scientists would think something couldn't fly. Otherwise, why do experiments to understand new things? DaVinci was convinced!
But we digress!
