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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But Gish proudly showed a home- drawn cartoon of a Holstein cow transforming
itself, by a series of clearly ridiculous stages, into a whale — and triumphantly
announced that this slide makes evolutionists furious. I was indeed angry — not
at ...
But Gish proudly showed a home- drawn cartoon of a Holstein cow transforming
itself, by a series of clearly ridiculous stages, into a whale — and triumphantly
announced that this slide makes evolutionists furious. I was indeed angry — not
at ...
Page 227
If nineteenth-century evolutionists were racist (and not all were), they merely
shared the nonscientific assumptions of their society. 26. There is an
unhridgeahle gap in intelligence and emotions hetween humans and all other
species that ...
If nineteenth-century evolutionists were racist (and not all were), they merely
shared the nonscientific assumptions of their society. 26. There is an
unhridgeahle gap in intelligence and emotions hetween humans and all other
species that ...
Page 241
Some evolutionists doubt that they occur at all. [Quotation follows from C. P.
Martin, American Scientist (January 1953), p. 102.]" 10. Evolution: The Fossils
Say No! p. 44. Paragraph continues, "Evolutionists claim, however, that a very
small ...
Some evolutionists doubt that they occur at all. [Quotation follows from C. P.
Martin, American Scientist (January 1953), p. 102.]" 10. Evolution: The Fossils
Say No! p. 44. Paragraph continues, "Evolutionists claim, however, that a very
small ...
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Contents
REASON UNDER FIRE | 3 |
THE GROWTH OF EVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE | 23 |
THE LEGACY OF THE TAXONOMISTS | 44 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Science on trial: the case for evolution |
| Author | Douglas J. Futuyma |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1983 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 27 Jan 2010 |
| ISBN | 0394523717, 9780394523712 |
| Length | 251 pages |
| Subjects | › › Evolution Evolution (Biology) Science / General Science / Life Sciences / Evolution |
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