Evolutionary History: Uniting History and Biology to Understand Life on Earth By Edmund Russell
Book by: Edmund Russell (Cambridge University Press, , pp.)
Reviewed By: Don MacLean
To the untrained eye, it may appear impossible to see evidence of the evolutionary process in the world around us. All animals and plants are born and live whatever life they have before passing on. Human beings may have evolved from our distant ancestors, but where is there evidence that we are still evolving in any discernible fashion? Despite the fleeting nature of all life, the forms living beings assume can appear fixed. A horse is a horse. A tree is a tree. A person is a person. Similarly human beings exert a staggering influence on the planet’s environment, but evolution does not appear to be part of that ongoing process. The study of ecology sheds light on how the environment is changing, but typically underestimates or ignores altogether the role of evolution in facilitating change or as an outcome of such change. It’s as though evolution either occurs outside of history or not at all (as creationists would have us believe). Yet, as biologists will tell you, there is evidence everywhere
Edmund Russell ()
Biography
Edmund Russell is a part of US Black heritage.
Ed's son Henry Russell was interviewed in Russellville, Arkansas in about about his life and his time as an enslaved person.
"My father's name was Ed Russell, and he was owned by Dr. Tom Russell, de first pioneer settler of Russellville -- de man de town got its name from. My name is Henry, and some folks call me 'Bud.' I was born at Old Dwight de 28th of October, "
"My folks come here from Alabama, but I don't know much about dem except dat my grandmother, Charlotte Edwards, give me an old wash pot dat has been in de family over one hundred years."
"My wife was Sallie Johnson of Little Rock, and she was a sister of Mrs. Charley Mays, de barber you used to know, who was here sich a long time."
Slave Owners
- Tom Russell
Interview: Henry Russell was interviewed in Russellville, Arkansas by Thomas Elmore Lucy as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. [1]
Although indexed with race "white" in , the enumeration appears to say M in the color column.
Sources
- ↑[1] Library
Edmond Norton Russell ( - )
Born in Dukes, Massachusetts, United States
Died at age 75 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Born in Dukes, Massachusetts, United States
Died at age 75 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
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Biography
Edmund was born in He is the son of James Russell and Harriet Norton.
Sources
- Collection Massachusetts, Marriage Records,
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