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    Julian Huxley

    British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author

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  1. May 23, 2024 · The biologist Julian Huxley is generally regarded as the founder of transhumanism after using the term for the title of an influential 1957 article. The term itself, however, derives from an earlier 1940 paper by the Canadian philosopher W. D. Lighthall. Huxley describes transhumanism in these terms:

  2. May 22, 2024 · Julian Huxley coined the term in his 1942 book, Evolution: The Modern Synthesis. The synthesis combined the ideas of natural selection, Mendelian genetics, and population genetics. It also related the broad-scale macroevolution seen by palaeontologists to the small-scale microevolution of local populations.

  3. May 19, 2024 · WWF, international organization committed to conservation of the environment. In North America it is called the World Wildlife Fund. In 1960 a group of British naturalists—most notably biologist Sir Julian Huxley, artist and conservationist Peter Scott, and ornithologists Guy Mountfort and Max.

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  5. May 14, 2024 · Julian Huxley by Godfrey Argent, c.1960 ( IM/GA/AR/6756) Julian’s younger brother Aldous Huxley, the author of Brave New World (1932) and The Doors of Perception (1954), is probably the most famous member of the Huxley family. Like his grandfather, Aldous was interested in drawing, botany and philosophy.

  6. May 20, 2024 · Quotes Julian Huxley (1887 – 1975). English evolutionary biologist, author, humanist and internationalist, known for his popularisations of science in books and lectures. Quotes #1

  7. May 9, 2024 · taxonomy. behaviour. Sir Julian Huxley (born June 22, 1887, London—died Feb. 14, 1975, London) was an English biologist, philosopher, educator, and author who greatly influenced the modern development of embryology, systematics, and studies of behavior and evolution.

  8. May 8, 2024 · Evolutionsbiologen Julian Huxley (1887–1975) utvecklade under sin livstid en "framtidsreligion" som han skulle komma att kalla transhumanism. Den handlade om människans möjlighet att förbättra sig själv och om mänsklighetens evolutionära framtid.

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