By establishing genealogical relations among living beings, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection interprets species and their fantastic diversity as a long history of slow and gradual transformation. Although Darwin's discoveries are of extreme importance and, as a whole, remain scientifically valid, being corroborated by the new theories and techniques emerged from molecular biology, the (synthetic) theory of evolution is little known outside the most academically strict circles. In this sense, there is great relevance in the new approaches that try to establish consistent links between social theory and the (neo)evolutionary theory. In order to reinforce and make this bridge even more feasible, it would be important to knock down the barriers that separate the general public -- students specially -- from Darwin's dangerous message that our social and mental capacities have originated from the animal kingdom without the interference of any special forces.
History; neo-Darwinism; natural selection; education
