The Greatest Show on Earth : : the Evidence for Evolution
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Only a theory? -- Dogs, cows, and cabbages -- The primrose path to macro-evolution -- Silence and slow time -- Before our very eyes -- Missing link? What do you mean, 'missing'? -- Missing persons? Missing no longer -- You did it yourself in nine months -- The ark of the continents -- The tree of cousinship -- History written all over us -- Arms races and 'evolutionary theodicy' -- There is grandeur in this view of life -- Appendix. The history-deniers.
Sifting through rich layers of scientific evidence, Dawkins' "The Greatest Show on Earth" is a stunning counterattack on advocates of "Intelligent Design," explaining the evidence for evolution while exposing the absurdities of the creationist "argument."
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PUBLISHED
New York : Free Press, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: ix, 470 p., 32 p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781416594789
1416594787
SUBJECTS
Evolution (Biology)