Why Evolution Is True [Paperback]

Coyne's knowledge of evolutionary biology is prodigious, his deployment of it as masterful as his touch is light. -Richard Dawkins

In the current debate about creationism and intelligent design, there is an element of the controversy that is rarely mentioned-the evidence. Yet the proof of evolution by natural selection is vast, varied, and magnificent. In this succinct and accessible summary of the facts supporting the theory of natural selection, Jerry A. Coyne dispels common misunderstandings and fears about evolution and clearly confirms the scientific truth that supports this amazing process of change. Weaving together the many threads of modern work in genetics, paleontology, geology, molecular biology, and anatomy that demonstrate the indelible stamp of the processes first proposed by Darwin,Why Evolution Is Truedoes not aim to prove creationism wrong. Rather, by using irrefutable evidence, it sets out to prove evolution right. Coyne's book is the best general explication of evolution that I know of and deserves its success as a best seller.
-R.C. Lewontin,New York Review of Books

[Coyne] makes an unassailable case.
-New York Times

In nine crisp chapters...the respected evolutionary biologist lays out an airtight case that Earth is unspeakably old and that new species evolve from previous ones.
-Boston Globe

I recommend that Mr. Coyne's insightful and withering assessment of evolutionary studies of human psychology and behavior be taped to the bathroom mirrors of all those (perhaps especially journalists) inclined to be swept into excited announcements of What Evolution Shows About Us.
-Philip Kitcher,Wall Street Journal

With logic and clarity, Coyne presents the vast trove of scientific evidence that supports Darwin's theory.
-Cleveland Plain Dealer

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