Category Archives: Evolution

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

Here are some highlights from this book by Richard Dawkins: * Breeders are almost like modellers with endlessly malleable clay, or like sculptors wielding chisels, carving dogs or horses, or cows or cabbages, to their whim. * Something funny happens … Continue reading

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Games Primates Play: An Undercover Investigation of the Evolution and Economics of Human Relationships

Here are some highlights from this 2012 book: * Even when we are alone, relationships play a central role in our lives. For instance, while traveling for business, working out at the gym, or lying in bed with insomnia in … Continue reading

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Jewish Tradition and the Challenge of Darwinism (2008)

Here are some highlights from this 2008 book: * The theory of evolution has provided a profound intellectual challenge to religion over the past century and a half. Yet most studies of the impact and significance of evolution for religion … Continue reading

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Not Born Yesterday: The Science of Who We Trust and What We Believe

Here are some highlights from this 2020 book: * Arguing against widespread credulity puts me in the minority. A long line of scholarship— from ancient Greece to twenty- first- century America, from the most progressive to the most reactionary— portrays … Continue reading

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Jewish Tradition & The Challenge of Darwinism

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