Science on Trial: The Case for EvolutionA noted evolutionary biologist examines the creation controversy, explaining the fallacies behind the claims of creationists and providing a straightforward interpretation of the theory of evolution |
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then, that amphibians, reptiles, primitive mammals, and modern mammals should
appear in sequence in the fossil record, and they do. It is impossible, if evolution
is true, that any mammal fossils should ever be found in Devonian rocks, and ...
then, that amphibians, reptiles, primitive mammals, and modern mammals should
appear in sequence in the fossil record, and they do. It is impossible, if evolution
is true, that any mammal fossils should ever be found in Devonian rocks, and ...
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Although the fossils of a few small mammals of this age had been found in
Europe, this is the earliest mammal yet known from North America. How many
more are waiting to be found? Poor as the fossil record is, however, it tells us that
there is ...
Although the fossils of a few small mammals of this age had been found in
Europe, this is the earliest mammal yet known from North America. How many
more are waiting to be found? Poor as the fossil record is, however, it tells us that
there is ...
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But if he is right — and it seems very possible that he is — the implications for the
fossil record are obvious. The transitional forms that evolve so quickly, and in
such a small area, are very unlikely to be picked up in the fossil record. Only
when ...
But if he is right — and it seems very possible that he is — the implications for the
fossil record are obvious. The transitional forms that evolve so quickly, and in
such a small area, are very unlikely to be picked up in the fossil record. Only
when ...
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Contents
THE GROWTH OF EVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE | 23 |
THE LEGACY OF THE TAXONOMISTS | 44 |
THE FOSSIL RECORD | 68 |
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| Title | Science on Trial: The Case for Evolution Science on Trial: The Case for Evolution, Douglas J. Futuyma |
| Author | Douglas J. Futuyma |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1983 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 26 Jan 2010 |
| ISBN | 0394523717, 9780394523712 |
| Length | 251 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / General |
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