Reposted by Richard Copley
Today, 23 Sept, is the centenary of the tragic suicide of Austrian Zoologist and Lamarckian, Paul Kammerer. A fascinating and controversial man. I wrote about him in this week's Nature.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Fraud sealed the fate of controversial zoologist Paul Kammerer — 100 years on, his ideas deserve revisiting
After an eventful life in the limelight, the discovery of a manipulated specimen preceded the biologist’s death. Questions about his findings remain.
