Explore Evolution The Arguments for and Against Neo-Darwinism

Table of Contents

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 For16
Reply22
Further Debate30

Anatomical Homology

39
Case For40
Reply57
Further Debate61

Embryology

65
Case For66
Reply68
Further Details79

The Creative Power of Natural Selection Arguments For and Against

Natural Selection

83
Case For85
Reply90

Natural Selection and Mutation

97
Case For98
Reply102
Further Details108

A New Challenge Arguments For and Against

Molecular Machines

115
Case For116
Reply119
Further Debate121

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

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The Arguments for and Against Neo-Darwinism