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[[Evolutionary racism]] refers to a [[racist]] philosophy based on [[Charles Darwin]]'s [[Evolution|evolutionary theory]].  It assumes that men have continually evolved, and thus some races are more evolved than others.  It replaces [[Christian]] [[morality]] with the [[atheistic]] "survival of the fittest."

[[Evolutionary racism]] refers to a [[racist]] philosophy based on [[Charles Darwin]]'s [[Evolution|evolutionary theory]].  It assumes that men have continually evolved, and thus some races are more evolved than others.  It replaces [[Christian]] [[morality]] with the [[atheistic]] "survival of the fittest."

== Adolf Hitler and evolutionary, racist genocide ==

==== Adolf Hitler and evolutionary, racist genocide ====

''For more information please see: [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]]

''For more information please see: [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]]

Darwin's evolutionary racism would have enormous impact in early 20th century, eventually leading to [[eugenics]] programs (first devised by Darwin's cousin [[Francis Galton]]) in American and Europe, and also influencing [[Adolf Hitler]].

Darwin's evolutionary racism would have enormous impact in early 20th century, eventually leading to [[eugenics]] programs (first devised by Darwin's cousin [[Francis Galton]]) in American and Europe, and also influencing [[Adolf Hitler]].

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[[Image:Hitler.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Adolf Hitler]]]]

The staunch [[evolution]]ist Stephen Gould admitted the following:  

The staunch [[evolution]]ist Stephen Gould admitted the following:  

{{cquote|[[Ernst Haeckel|[Ernst] Haeckel]] was the chief apostle of evolution in [[Germany]].... His evolutionary racism; his call to the German people for racial purity and unflinching devotion to a "just" state; his belief that harsh, inexorable laws of evolution ruled human civilization and nature alike, conferring upon favored races the right to dominate others; the irrational mysticism that had always stood in strange communion with his brave words about objective science - all contributed to the rise of Nazism. -  Stephen J. Gould, "Ontogeny and Phylogeny," Belknap Press: Cambridge MA, 1977, pp.77-78).<ref name="members.iinet.net.au">http://members.iinet.net.au/~sejones/social.html</ref>}}

{{cquote|[[Ernst Haeckel|[Ernst] Haeckel]] was the chief apostle of evolution in [[Germany]].... His evolutionary racism; his call to the German people for racial purity and unflinching devotion to a "just" state; his belief that harsh, inexorable laws of evolution ruled human civilization and nature alike, conferring upon favored races the right to dominate others; the irrational mysticism that had always stood in strange communion with his brave words about objective science - all contributed to the rise of Nazism. -  Stephen J. Gould, "Ontogeny and Phylogeny," Belknap Press: Cambridge MA, 1977, pp.77-78).<ref name="members.iinet.net.au">http://members.iinet.net.au/~sejones/social.html</ref>}}