-Evolutionary Biology-The Greatest Show on Earth (newest book)
-Dawkins defends absolute truth
-Says evolution is believed by all--even preachers and popes--"we just differ on when"
-Quoted the Bible, has religious terms down
-Overarching point: evolution is a fact, beyond doubt, flood of evidence
-No unbiased reader will deny evolution after reading my new book (*there is no such thing as an unbiased reader)
-Chapter called 'Missing Link':
-Creationists fault evolutionists on missing links
-"We're lucky to have fossils at all."
-Human fossils. The first one discovered was 3.6million yrs. old
-Chapter on Embryology and Evolution:
-40% of Americans accept the Bible as literal (creationists)
-Why are certain animals only on certain continents?
-28% of Britan gets its thoughts on creation from the Flintstones...believing that humans cohabitated the earth with dinosaurs
-Evolutionary arms race (gradual escalation in evolution) The leapord gets more effective at hunting, the gazelle gets more effective at running away
-"Why would God make 2 forces that continually outwit each other equally?" Leapord vs. gazelle
-"There's grandeur in the evolutionary biology view of life."
-Incorporates Darwin
-The fact of our existence is almost too overwhelming to bear
-Problem of our existence- Darwin
-Existence and complexity
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