Evolutionary developmental biology, xii, 30

Eye, complexity of, 40, 41

F

Fishes, 1, 2-3, 4-5, 7, 23, 24, 26, 30, 41

Fossil record, xi, xii, xiii

consistency of, 38–39

creationists’ view of, 38

dating, 17

earliest, 21, 23

hominids, 33–35

intermediate/transitional species, 1–3, 9, 11, 22, 23, 38, 39

sedimentary rock, 22, 38, 42–43

Fundamentalism, 37

G

Galaxies, 19, 51

General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, 13

Genes, 4, 29, 32, 39

duplication, 41

highly conserved, 6, 30, 31

similarity among organisms, 30, 31

Genetic variability, 4

Genetics, 4

Genomics, and evolution, 58

Gorillas, 31

Gravitational theory, 11, 12, 51

H

Hawaiian Islands, drosophilid flies, 26–27, 29

Heliocentric theory, 11, 12, 18

Heredity, xiii, 4, 5, 12, 29.

See also DNA;

Mutations

Hominids

fossil record, 33–35

Laetoli footprints, 33, 34

Homo erectus, 34, 35

Homo habilis, 34, 35

Homo sapiens, 35

Homologies, 24–25

Horses, 5, 23, 27

Hox genes, 30, 41

Hubble Space Telescope, 19

Human Genome Project, 15

Humans

ancestral species, 8, 33–35

chimpanzee compared, 24, 30, 31, 33, 35

DNA changes, 29–30, 31, 33

evolution of, 8, 9, 12, 24, 25, 32–35, 57

fossil record, 35, 38

generations per million years, 7

upright walking, 33, 34

I

Ichthyosaurs, 26

Ichthyostega, 3

Immune system, 40, 41

Intelligent design creationism

irreducible complexity argument, xiii, 40–41, 53

landmark court decisions, xii–xiii, 44–45, 52

in public school curriculum, xi–xiii, 44–45, 52

religious nature, xiii, 43–45

scientific failings, 40–43, 45

Interacademy Panel on International Issues, 49

J

John Paul II, 13

K

Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, xiii, 44, 45

L

Lemaître, Georges, 18

Leptin, 31

Life on Earth

earliest, 21

origins of, 18, 21–22

Limb evolution, 3, 9, 30, 31–32, 34

M

Mammals, 30

fossil record, 38

geographic distribution, 27–28

marine cetaceans, 32

transition from reptiles, 9

Meteorites, 21

Mice, 26, 30, 32

Microarray technology, 5

Microevolutionary changes, 6–7

Milky Way galaxy, 20, 51

Miller, Kenneth, 15

Molecular biology.

See also DNA;

RNA evidence of evolution from, 28–32

Moon, 21

Mosquitoes, insecticide resistance, 39

Mutations, 4–5, 28–29, 40, 50

N

National Human Genome Research Institute, 15

Natural selection, xiii, 4, 40.

See also Artificial selection applications outside biology, 9

defined, 5, 50

discovery, 22–23

as fact, 12

industry applications, 9

microevolutionary changes, 6–7

and origins of life, 22

and reproductive success, 50

Front Matter (R1-R16)

1 Evolution and the Nature of Science (1-16)

2 The Evidence for Biological Evolution (17-36)

3 Creationist Perspectives (37-46)

4 Conclusion (47-48)

Frequently Asked Questions (49-54)

Additional Readings (55-59)

Committee Member Biographies (60-63)

Staff and Consultant Biographies (64-66)

Index (67-69)

Photo and Illustration Credits (70-72)