Evolution

Overview

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Links

Reference

• Wikipedia

Discussion

• TruthMapping

Related Pages

• Evolution is a scientifically-based theory of creation.
• Evolution vs. direct creation
  • Evolution vs. Intelligent Design (ID is a particular form of direct creation)
• Acceptance of evolution is apparently sometimes seen as implying acceptance of eugenics, or at least opening the door to its use.

Editorials & Opinion

• 2006-02-28 Eugenics doesn't work...
• 1997-06-12 Darwinian Fundamentalism by Stephen Jay Gould (largely a review of Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel C. Dennett, ISBN 0-684-80290-2)
• 1973-03 Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution by Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900-1975)

News

• 2006-12-10 Study Detects Recent Instance of Human Evolution (printable) by Nicholas Wade: lactose tolerance has appeared in three separate locations in East Africa, each time with a different genetic mechanism

Projects

• The Journal of Evolutionary Philosophy: "Dedicated to promoting the theory of evolution as a solid foundation upon which to build a meaningful philosophy of human life" (thus helping to counter the religionist claim that there can be no meaning to life without God/religion)

Notes

Notes for an eventual page attempting to exhaustively document the extensive interlocking evidence for evolution and the age of the Earth:

• wikipedia:Bornean Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi): believed to have differentiated from the mainland Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) some 1.4 million years ago, when the land bridge from Borneo and Sumatra to mainland Asia became submerged. (Find details about land bridge: geological evidence that it existed, etc.)
• Extinction happens: dodo, auroch, passenger pigeon
• Experimental evolution:
  • HTML PDF "The Evolution of Communication within Robot Societies", Dario Floreano, Sara Mitri, Stephane Magnenat, Laurent Keller, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. (HTML version does not show figures properly.)
    • Articles about this research: New Scientist Tech Nature Science (AAAS) Technology Review (MIT)
  • genetic algorithms
• ice ages