Word: darwinism
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Nearly 140 years after Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, that message still has remarkably broad appeal. Polls consistently show that nearly half of all Americans reject Darwin's theory of evolution. They prefer to believe, against all scientific evidence, the Old Testament account of how God created the world in seven days...
YOUR ARTICLE WAS A REFRESHING LOOK at the new discoveries related to evolution [COVER STORY, Dec. 4]. Darwin's theory is regarded by many as the best explanation of the evolution of life on this planet and is not questioned by most people. Biology classes teach Darwinian theory as one that is basically accepted by scientists. I was surprised and excited to see the idea of sudden bursts of evolution brought into public discussion. These are legitimate possibilities, presented by the explosion of biological diversity, that do not fit nicely into Darwin's theory. I had studied them...
...REALLY TAKES A WRITER WITH IMAGInation to be able to describe the blow to the current theories of evolution as crossing "a critical threshold." All the phyla of Earth "appear" so suddenly that this is called an "explosion." Darwin himself would have been blown away. But Canadian paleontologist Guy Narbonne absorbs this gigantic problem by saying, "...there also seems to be a non-Darwinian kind of evolution that functions over extremely short time periods--and that's where all the action is." TIME's nonscientific speculation is the height of gullibility. You tell us that after the Cambrian explosion, everything...
THIS STORY READ MORE LIKE CONFIRMAtion of Noah's Deluge than Darwin's theory of evolution. ''Tectonic forces unleashed huge earthquakes that broke continental land masses apart, then slammed them back together. Mountains the size of the Himalayas shot skyward...'' Then you report that mud slides poured into the sea, entombing preternatural creatures that became fossilized. With all this evidence, it would be easier to prove Noah's flood than evolution. DEMBIE COPENHAVER Newville, Pennsylvania Via E-mail...
...Obviously, I do not want to be involved with Shakespeare, Elizabeth, Napoleon or, for that matter, Darwin," the economist said. "The range is just too broad...