Sentence examples for interpretation of evolution from inspiring English sources

In promoting his theory as a radical new interpretation of evolution, Gould played into the hands of creationists who cynically argued that he had overturned Darwin and was opening the door to the idea that God was responsible for these sudden evolutionary changes.

Instructors may wish to refer to Padian (2013) for a more general discussion about the language and interpretation of evolution.

The "why are there still monkeys" question reflects an interpretation of evolution as a series of progressive steps, from simple to complex.

Natural selection proposed by Darwin and Wallace was "a truly revolutionary concept, having never before been suggested by any philosopher" and became the "cornerstone of the modern interpretation of evolution" according to (Mayr 2001, p.115).

His interpretation of evolution is a surreal tour de force that even rivals the Noah creation scene, at a fraction of the budget. .

In a set of controversies over the mechanisms and interpretation of evolution (what has been called 'The Darwin Wars'), one faction is often named after Dawkins, while the other faction is named after the American palaeontologist Stephen Jay Gould, reflecting the pre-eminence of each as a populariser of the pertinent ideas.

Different interpretations of evolution produce different ways of analyzing the world.

By contrast, many naïve interpretations of evolution remain rooted in the "typological" or "essentialist" thinking that has existed since the ancient Greeks (Mayr 1982, 2001; Sinatra et al. 2008).

Progressionist interpretations of evolution are hard to eradicate, and even the diagram of a tree is normally read as representing a main story (normally the one of human being or primates) with all other lineages branching off from this line sometime in the past.

Several reasons may explain the current situation: (1) naive interpretations of evolution; (2) ideological and religious views or simple unawareness; (3) old-fashioned textbook-based approach; (4) lack of updating concerning the newest discoveries; and (5) optional nature of this topic in biology classes (Bracinha Vieira 2009; Smith 2010).

Modern secularism (enlightenment thought, individualism, and materialism) has frequently deployed interpretations of evolution as a creation narrative, using it both to bash religion and to buttress all sorts of social movements, some distinctly unsavory (e.g., eugenics, "scientific" European racism, and communism).