This delayed the acceptance of Darwin's work until about 1940. This pause became known as the "Eclipse of Darwinism". read more
Genetics 131: 245-253: The Darwinian theory was well known by the time of Mendel's presentation. The German translation of On the Origin of Species was published in 1863, and the monastery copy has marginal notes in Mendel's handwriting . read more
Darwin's Theory of Evolution, often a symbol of the clash of religion and science, would be revived because of heredity experiments conducted in a monastery, by Gregor Mendel, a Roman Catholic monk. The Eclipse of Darwinism. By the turn of the twentieth century, Darwin's Theory of Evolution had already fallen out of favour. With good reason. read more