Why Evolution is TrueFor all the discussion in the media about creationism and 'Intelligent Design', virtually nothing has been said about the evidence in question - the evidence for evolution by natural selection. Yet, as this succinct and important book shows, that evidence is vast, varied, and magnificent, and drawn from many disparate fields of science. The very latest research is uncovering a stream of evidence revealing evolution in action - from the actual observation of a species splitting into two, to new fossil discoveries, to the deciphering of the evidence stored in our genome. Why Evolution is True weaves together the many threads of modern work in genetics, palaeontology,geology, molecular biology, anatomy, and development to demonstrate the 'indelible stamp' of the processes first proposed by Darwin. It is a crisp, lucid, and accessible statement that will leave no one with an open mind in any doubt about the truth of evolution. |
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Nutzerbericht - LisCarey - LibraryThingThis is a pretty good, and comprehensive, discussion of the evidence for evolution, in ways we don't always get it in reports of the latest new findings and the conclusions that scientists have ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - larryerick - LibraryThingVery early into this book, I felt it was a bit too much like a classroom textbook for my taste, but it quickly transitioned into a master class taught by the best of teachers. It's overflowing with ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Inhalt
1 What Is Evolution? | 1 |
2 Written in the Rocks | 21 |
Vestiges Embryos and Bad Design | 59 |
4 The Geography of Life | 93 |
5 The Engine of Evolution | 121 |
6 How Sex Drives Evolution | 157 |
7 The Origin of Species | 183 |
8 What About Us? | 207 |
9 Evolution Redux | 241 |
Notes | 255 |
Glossary | 266 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 272 |
References | 279 |
Illustration Credits | 295 |
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