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As far as historians can tell, he was the first scientist who tried to explain the origin of human race without the mention of a creator. He believed that all life began in the sea, and at one time or another, humans were some kind of fish. Later, scientists took his ideas, (most notably [[Charles Darwin]]), and turned it into what is now known as the "theory of [[evolution]]."
As far as historians can tell, he was the first scientist who tried to explain the origin of human race without the mention of a creator. He believed that all life began in the sea, and at one time or another, humans were some kind of fish. Later, scientists took his ideas, (most notably [[Charles Darwin]]), and turned it into what is now known as the "theory of [[evolution]]."
==See also==
* [[Pre-Socratic philosophy]]
==External links==
''Web links''
* [http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/anaximan.htm Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Anaximander]
''Print literature''
* Barnes, J., ''Early Greek Philosophy'' (London, 1987)
* [[Frederick Copleston|Copleston, F.C.]], ''History of Philosophy'', Vol 1: Greece and Rome (Part 1 is a section on ''Pre-Socratic Philosophers'')
* Kahn, C.H., ''Anaximander and the Origins of Greek Cosmology'' (New York, 1960)
* Kirk, G.S., Raven, J.E., and Schofield, M., ''The Presocratic Philosophers'' (Cambridge, 1990)
[[category:Ancient Greek Philosophers]]
[[Category:Ancient Greek Philosophers]]
[[Category:Ancient Greek Philosophers]]