In “Why Evolution is True,” evolutionary biologist Jerry A. Coyne of the University of Chicago summarizes the theory of evolution by natural selection as follows: Life on Earth evolved ...

The essence of a theory: theories are never “proved”; the critical feature is that they can be tested and potentially disproved. This point of logic was put forth by Popper in the middle of ...

Last month, President Bush said that it would be a good idea if something called "intelligent design" were taught along with the theory of evolution. That way, children would be exposed to ...

In Defense of Evolution. Dr. Kenneth Miller is as familiar as anyone in the scientific community with the intelligent-design movement and its attempts to undermine the theory of evolution.

The tenets of evolutionary theory are simple: Life evolved, largely under the influence of natural selection; this evolution took a rather long time; and species alive and dead can be organized on ...

How did Charles Darwin's theory of evolution evolve? A look at the state of science leading up to Darwin's voyage on the Beagle. What scientists influenced his thinking, and what did he see that ...

5 fun facts about evolution. The last common ancestor of all life on Earth is estimated to have existed around 4.2 billion years ago.; There are three ingredients necessary for natural selection ...

Is the common perception of Darwin's evolutionary theory wildly different from what it actually is? I’d like to highlight two misconceptions I see among people who accept evolution and believe ...

A scientific theory isn't just a speculative idea; it is an explanation of some aspect of the natural world that has been substantiated through repeated experiments or other evidence. Theories do ...

Dr. Kenneth Miller is as familiar as anyone in the scientific community with the intelligent-design movement and its attempts to undermine the theory of evolution. A professor of biology at Brown ...

Convergent evolution is when different organisms independently evolve similar traits. For example, sharks and dolphins look relatively similar despite being entirely unrelated. Sharks are egg ...