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evolution
evolution Change, with continuity in successive generations of organisms (i.e. ‘descent with modification’ as
Darwin called it). The phenomenon is amply demonstrated by the fossil record, for the changes over geological time are sufficient to recognize distinct eras, for the most part with very different plants and animals.
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Evolution endorsed by Steves
Magazine article from: Skeptic; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...2003 a first-of-its-kind statement on evolution signed by over 200 scientists was unveiled...organization that defends the teaching of evolution in the public schools, reads: Evolution is a vital, well-supported, unifying principle...
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Evolution Robotics Crosses the Two Million Product Mark.
Business Wire; 5/15/2007; 700+ words
; ...Technologies in Consumer Products Accelerates as Evolution Robotics Enables New Breakthrough Applications...Interactive Toys and Robotic Vacuums BOSTON -- Evolution Robotics, the leading provider of breakthrough...powered by the company's technologies. Evolution Robotics partners with brand leaders...
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Evolution Capital Advisors Launches Startup Focused Investment Bank.
PR Newswire; 1/23/2008; 700+ words
; ...SEATTLE, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolution Capital Advisors, LLC, a Seattle...Cleantech, Telecom and Digital Media. Evolution Capital successfully raised venture capital...and still at prototype when we engaged Evolution Capital to guide us through unknown territory...
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'Evolution's Fatal Flaw: The Inevitable Consequence of the Need to Ensure Species Survival': New Book Challenges Creationist Beliefs and Warns of the Dangerous Results of Human Evolution.
PR Newswire; 11/9/2009; 700+ words
; ...Wash., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The evolution controversy rages hot as ever, with...according to Lawrence Wood, author of "Evolution's Fatal Flaw: The Inevitable Consequence...evolutionists have failed to address evolution's critical "fatal flaw." Wood takes...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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EVOLUTION COURT CASE SCOPES OUT RELIGIOUS AGENDA.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 11/28/2004; 700+ words
; ...suburban Atlanta this month over teaching evolution in public schools. Several Georgia parents...prominently placed label stating that evolution is ``not a fact.'' The Georgia case...states have had challenges to teaching evolution in schools. With the new federal No...
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EVOLUTION CHALLENGER ASKS COURT TO BAN TEXTBOOK.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 5/26/1997; 700+ words
; ...biology textbook that she says teaches evolution as fact, not theory. She is also asking...creation science - be taught alongside evolution. Sometimes, as in Johnson's case...higher courts have favored the teaching of evolution in public schools while shying away from...
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Understanding evolution: an evolution website for teachers.(http://evolution.berkeley.edu )
Magazine article from: The Science Teacher; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...facing challenges to the teaching of evolution in their science classrooms, the University...and experience-levels. Understanding Evolution (UE) was developed in January 2004...strategies. The UE website at http://evolution.berkeley.edu has since been expanded...
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 "The Star (South Africa)")
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Evolution a fact until proven otherwise.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa); 8/21/2008; 558 words
; ...clear from all the letters concerning evolution and creation is that those such as Peter...persuaded of the scientific validity of evolution because they never base their arguments on science. They portray a caricature of evolution and then proceed to demolish it, claiming...
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Evolution is a theory ... and that is saying a lot: know your terms when pursuing science.(Phi Kappa Phi Forum on Science and Technology)
Newspaper article from: Phi Kappa Phi Forum; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...especially important when considering evolution. A theory must be verified and supported...theory has been proven In the case of evolution, misconceptions as well as misrepresentations...science writer for New Scientist, says, Evolution must be the best-known yet worst...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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EVOLUTION BANNED AS SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLE IN KANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 8/12/1999; 700+ words
; ...The Kansas Board of Education rejected evolution as a scientific principle yesterday...for science curricula that eliminate evolution as an underlying principle of biology...liberal agenda to build up or glorify evolution in our schools,'' Hill said, adding...
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Evolution
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
Evolution There is a common belief that evolution and religion, Darwinian evolution and Christianity especially, are world pictures that are forever opposed. This is a belief today endorsed and promulgated both by extreme evangelical Christians...
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Evolution, Theory of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Evolution, Theory of. Until the late 1850s...Spencer introduced the term “evolution” to describe the history of...writers discussing what came to be called evolution typically labeled it the “...
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Evolution, Biocultural
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
Evolution, Biocultural From its beginnings in the eighteenth century, evolution — the idea that organisms are descended...Three problem areas The study of biocultural evolution presents three problematic issues. First, there...
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evolution
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
evolution concept that embodies the belief that existing animals and plants...also known as descent with modification, constitutes organic evolution. Inorganic evolution, on the other hand, is concerned with the development of the...
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Genetics and Evolution
Book article from: Genetics and Genetic Engineering
Chapter 3 Genetics and Evolution The essence of Darwinism lies in a...History , June-July 1977) The term evolution has multiple meanings; it is most...via descent to a common ancestor. Evolution also refers to the gradual process...
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