Straight flush: evolution, complexity, and progress.
From: Skeptical Inquirer
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Date: 3/1/1999
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Author: Estling, Ralph
Stephen Jay Gould argues that life has been dominated by the 3.5 billion years of existence of bacteria on earth and this idea should be attributed to the increasing complexity of life rather than evolution. This assumption and his unbelief of progress through evolution was refuted by examining the meaning of 'evolution through natural selection' which was defined as growth of organisms into fullness that gives them the right to manipulate their environment.
Stephen Jay Gould has long and ...
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