Wikipedia - Jerry Coyne
Rational Wiki - Jerry Coyne
Coyne lists the following evidence for evolution, as detailed in his book and elsewhere:[15]
Fossil record
Embryology
Molecular biology
Presence of vestigial organs
Biogeography
Sequence similarity between species that are also observed as a time-dependent change in junk DNA
Transitional fossils provide rich evidence for evolution.[16] Charles Darwin predicted such fossils in 1859, and those later identified as such include:[15]
Tiktaalik (transition between fish and amphibians)
Ichthyostega (transition between amphibians and reptiles)
Mammal-like reptiles (not classified one or the other)
Archaeopteryx (transition between reptiles and birds)
Ambulocetus (transition between land mammals and whales)
Early human fossils with ape-like skulls
Series of terrestrial fossils between land animals and whales
The evidence not only includes these transitional fossils but the fact that they occur in the fossil record at times between their putative ancestors and their more modern relatives.[15]
"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
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