Summary of Jerry A. Coyne's Why Evolution Is True

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The argument that nature is the work of a watchmaker, and that all organisms are well-adapted, is both commonsensical and ancient. It was most famously expressed by the eighteenth-century English philosopher William Paley. #2 The modern theory of evolution is easy to understand. It states that life on earth evolved gradually beginning with one primitive species that lived more than 3. 5 billion years ago. The