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 which has been bequeathed to them by their ancestors. It certainly makes
no sense in a creationist framework. In fact, the existence of vestigial structures
was one of the major dilemmas that was resolved by the hypothesis of evolution.
... but which has been bequeathed to them by their ancestors. It certainly makes
no sense in a creationist framework. In fact, the existence of vestigial structures
was one of the major dilemmas that was resolved by the hypothesis of evolution.
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has vestigial structures that may once have been adaptive but are adaptive no
longer. Every species also has characteristics that are not now and never were
adaptive — characteristics that are the "side effects" of genes that serve some
other ...
has vestigial structures that may once have been adaptive but are adaptive no
longer. Every species also has characteristics that are not now and never were
adaptive — characteristics that are the "side effects" of genes that serve some
other ...
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Homologous anatomical structures, and similarities in emhryonic development,
are examples of a common design used ... There is not the slightest reason to
think that many vestigial structures, which violate rational design, have any
function.
Homologous anatomical structures, and similarities in emhryonic development,
are examples of a common design used ... There is not the slightest reason to
think that many vestigial structures, which violate rational design, have any
function.
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Contents
REASON UNDER FIRE | 3 |
THE GROWTH OF EVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE | 23 |
THE LEGACY OF THE TAXONOMISTS | 44 |
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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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