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Nature's collection of evolutionary gems

This is the text of an announcement in Nature 457, 8; 1 January 2009:
About a year ago, an Editorial in these pages urged scientists and their institutions to 'spread the word' and highlight reasons why scientists can treat evolution by natural selection as, in effect, an established fact (see Nature 451, 108; 2008).
This week we are following our own prescription. Readers will find a freely accessible resource for biologists and others who wish to explain to students, friends or loved ones just what is the evidence for evolution by natural selection. Entitled '15 evolutionary gems', the document summarizes 15 lines of evidence from papers published in Nature over the past 10 years. The evidence is drawn from the fossil record, from studies of natural and artificial habitats, and from research on molecular biological processes.
In a year in which Darwin is being celebrated amid uncertainty and hostility about his ideas among citizens, being aware of the cumulatively incontrovertible evidence for those ideas is all the more important. We trust that this document will help.

Nature's Darwin 200 Special collection.

Related posts:
Eugenie Scott of the US National Center for Science Education.
Brandon Kiem at Wired Science.
P. Z. Myers of Pharyngula.

Posted by Maxine Clarke on January 07, 2009
Categories: Education, NPG special content, Public and media | | Comments (1)

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This is great! Thank you.

Posted by: Clare D | January 7, 2009 02:51 PM

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