Table of Contents
Preface | v |
Introduction | 1 |
Defining Some Terms | 7 |
Issues in Question | 9 |
Universal Common Descent Arguments For and Against | |
Fossil Succession | 15 |
Case For | 16 |
Reply | 22 |
Further Debate | 30 |
Anatomical Homology | 39 |
Case For | 40 |
Reply | 57 |
Further Debate | 61 |
Embryology | 65 |
Case For | 66 |
Reply | 68 |
Further Details | 79 |
The Creative Power of Natural Selection Arguments For and Against | |
Natural Selection | 83 |
Case For | 85 |
Reply | 90 |
Natural Selection and Mutation | 97 |
Case For | 98 |
Reply | 102 |
Further Details | 108 |
A New Challenge Arguments For and Against | |
Molecular Machines | 115 |
Case For | 116 |
Reply | 119 |
Further Debate | 121 |
Special Studies | |
Natural Selection as Survival of the Fittest | 126 |
What Fossils Can’t Tell You | 128 |
Conclusion | |
The Nature of Dissent in Science | 142 |
Glossary | 144 |
Selected Bibliography | 149 |
Credits & Authors | 154 |
Index | 157 |