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Why Evolution Is True - Jerry A. Coyne

Description: ISBN 0670020532 / Genre: Science / Nature / Author: Jerry A. Coyne / Hardcover / 304 Pages / Book is published 2009-01-22 by Viking Books

Newest Review: ... via the mechanisms of natural selection. We do not have a single observation that could disprove evolution by natural ... more

... selection: and we have plenty of evidence that supports it. The main body of the book is remarkably free of ideology; it's not even an argument with creationism, although many of the creationist arguments get dealt with in the course of the presentation. Most of Why Evolution Is True is devoted to thorough but concise presentation of various strands of evidence for evolution by natural selection. Coyne covers fossils and their progression (there are no mammals in precambrian rocks), intermediate forms, vestigial featur...more

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Why Evolution Is True - Jerry A. Coyne: This Book Should Not Be Needed (712 words)
by - written on 29/03/09 (Very useful, 91 readings)
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The theory of evolution has huge explanatory and predictive powers and it is also, philosophically, a wonderful one to behold: it shows a unity of all living things and our human connection to them all; through the billions of years and millions of generations, from the first bacteria to the human beings capable of understanding the story of life as it unfolded on this planet, the story told by the evolution theory is an exhilarating one; possibly the greatest story ever told by science. And yet, 150 years after Darwin, with a literal mountain of evidence for evolution by natural selection, 40% of Americans reject the theory of evolution outright and 20% are ... Read the complete review