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- Title
Nothing in the History of Spanish Anís Makes Sense, Except in the Light of Evolution.
- Authors
Delgado, Juan Antonio; Palma, Ricardo Luis
- Abstract
We describe, discuss and illustrate a metaphoric parallel between the history of the most famous Spanish liqueur, ' Anís del Mono' ( Anís of the Monkey), and the evolution of living organisms in the light of Darwinian theory and other biological hypotheses published subsequent to Charles Darwin's Origin of Species. Also, we report the use of a caricature of a simian Darwin with a positive connotation, perhaps the only one ever produced. We conclude that, like some species in the natural world, Anís of the Monkey has evolved, adapted, survived and become the fittest and most successful anís in the Spanish market and possibly the world. We hope this paper will contribute a new useful metaphor for the teaching of biological evolution.
- Subjects
LIQUEURS; METAPHOR; DARWIN, Charles, 1809-1882; BIOLOGICAL evolution education; HYPOTHESIS; CARICATURE
- Publication
Science & Education, 2011, Vol 20, Issue 2, p141
- ISSN
0926-7220
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11191-010-9290-7