Darwin’s last child: Mental retardation and the need for a romantic science.
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- J. David Smith, Professor, Department Chair (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: The writer discusses how Charles Darwin's deep love for his youngest child, who had mental retardation, contrasted with his theory that people with mental retardation were evolutionary mistakes.
Darwin’s last child: Mental retardation and the need for a romantic science.
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- Publication
- Language: English
- Date: 1999
- Keywords
- Charles Darwin, evolution, developmental disabilities