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Posted on: May 25, 2008 - 1:07am
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I got in a debate with someone and told him that more and more evidence for evolution comes out every day. He asked me to produce said evidence, but I'm not really linked into any scientific journals and don't keep abreast of all news. Could someone please provide me links to some more recent discoveries/reports/studies/stories?
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http://www.expelledexposed.com/index.php/resources
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http://evolution.berkeley.edu/
good luck
Holy shit... it's not so much where to look for evidence, but where in science you wouldn't see evidence! Hell, a lot of modern pharmacology wouldn't work without principles from evolution. Biology? Completely dependent on it.
However, more to the point, here are some excellent resources discussing the current state of evolutionary biology:
The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author by Richard Dawkins
This is a must read, because it literally turned evolutionary science on its head. Dawkins wasn't exactly the inventor of the idea of the selfish gene, but this is the first book that really united all the work that was being done. In a nutshell, you can't understand modern evolutionary theory without understanding the concept of the selfish gene.
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design by Richard Dawkins
The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science) by Richard Dawkins (Paperback - Aug 5, 1999)
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley (Paperback - April 29, 2003)
The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture by Matt Ridley (Paperback - Jul 6, 2004)
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (P.S.) by Matt Ridley (Paperback - May 30, 2006)
Here's a good one with some of the history of evolutionary theory:
Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code (Eminent Lives) (rough edge) by Matt Ridley (Hardcover - Jun 13, 2006)
I focused on Dawkins and Ridley because I believe them to be the most readable for a layman. You can read the science journals if you want. Just go to any local university library. They will have most of the journals in archives. If you have trouble with that, just make friends with someone in the biology department and ask them if you can use their online subscriptions to some of the journals to find interesting material.
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Fossil 'Frog-amander' Fills Evolutionary Gap
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,357129,00.html
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http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Genesis_1
read the whole thing its maor evidance than any one lolcat needs
btw i r a lol wolf today cause i found dew and drank it
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http://seekerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/_blogger_5932_1957_1600_religion_of_peace_1-1.jpg
Look-up the Evolution Made Easy vids on youtube. Scientific literature for layman simpletons like you & me.
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