Kuhn was educated in
Dinkelsbühl and
Bamberg and then studied natural science, specialising in geology and paleontology, at the
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), from which he received his
D. Phil. in 1932. In 1943 he declared, "The theory of descent has collapsed." After a political conflict with his mentor,
Johannes Weigelt, over evolution, Kuhn's teaching certification was withdrawn (in an act known as "remotion") in November 1941. He had to leave Halle and was immediately called up for wartime service in the
Wehrmacht. In February 1942 he was released because of lung disease. (He had been a member of the
SA from 1933 to 1936 but left for health reasons.) In 1947 he became professor
extraordinarius at the
University of Bamberg, but left after a short time. ==Selected works==