So, You Thought Charles Darwin Discovered Natural Selection? Wrong

After marshaling evidence against the theory of evolution, skeptics sometimes throw Darwin a bone so as not to seem churlish. Hey, we say in essence, natural selection does accomplish things like spreading antibiotic resistance, and Charles Darwin deserves credit for discovering the principle of natural selection even if it isn't the bauplan-building wunderkind he made it out to be.

Yet this gives Darwin too much credit.

Natural Selection Comes to Edinburgh -- Before Darwin

Long before Darwi...