"Darwin was the first to use data from nature to convince people that evolution is true, and his idea of natural selection was truly novel. It testifies to his genius that the concept of natural theology, accepted by most educated Westerners before 1859, was vanquished within only a few years by a single five-hundred-page book. On the Origin of Species turned the mysteries of life's diversity from mythology into genuine science." -- Jerry Coyne
Sunday, March 6, 2011
“What can you infer about the Creator, based on your research of nature?” J.B.S. Haldane: “He must have had an inordinate fondness for beetles.”
Jerry Coyne wrote in Why Evolution is True: Realizing that the distribution of species on islands provides conclusive proof of evolution was one of the greatest pieces of sleuthing in the history of biology.
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