{"id":5845,"date":"2012-11-24T07:39:22","date_gmt":"2012-11-24T12:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=5845"},"modified":"2012-11-24T07:43:39","modified_gmt":"2012-11-24T12:43:39","slug":"happy-evolution-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2012\/11\/happy-evolution-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy Evolution Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2012\/11\/Pedigree_of_man_Haeckel_1874.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2012\/11\/Pedigree_of_man_Haeckel_1874-173x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Pedigree_of_man_(Haeckel_1874)\" width=\"173\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5846\"><\/a><br>\nIn 1859 Charles Darwin\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/On_the_Origin_of_Species\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">On the Origin of Species<\/a> was published, arguably ushering in the modern era.<\/p>\n<p>Worth a pause to notice and to contemplate.<\/p>\n<p>After all, if we don\u2019t know ourselves, there\u2019s no chance we can can grow, or, if you will, evolve\u2026<\/p>\n<p>All this noted, allow me to be the first to wish you a fond and happy Evolution Day!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6sjgM6N23Dk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1859 Charles Darwin\u2019s On the Origin of Species was published, arguably ushering in the modern era. 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