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The proof for evolution is vast, varied, and magnificent, drawn from many different fields of scientific inquiry. Today, scientists are documenting species splitting into two, observing animals and plants adapting before our eyes, and finding more and more fossils capturing what happened eons ago—dinosaurs that have sprouted feathers, fish that have grown limbs. In this unique and accessible summary of the facts supporting the theory of natural selection, Jerry A. Coyne eloquently shows that evolution does nothing to destroy the beauty of life, only enhances it. By demonstrating the “indelible stamp” of the processes first proposed by Darwin, Coyne does not aim to prove creationism wrong. Rather, by using irrefutable evidence, he sets out to prove evolution right.“Coyne is as graceful a stylist and as clear a scientific explainer as Darwin himself (no mean feat) . . . One of the best single-volume introductions to evolutionary theory ever.” —Wired

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"Jerry A. Coyne has been a professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Ecology and Evolution for the past twenty years, where he specializes in evolutionary genetics and the origin of new species. He is a regular contributor to The New Republic, The Time Literary Supplement, and NPR. Victor Bevine - has worked extensively both in front of and behind the camera for over twenty-five years. His 30-minute short film, DESERT CROSS, which he wrote and directed, won accolades at the Athens International Film Festival. His screenplay, CERTAINTY was chosen for two prestigious writers' conferences (LA Outfest, Hamptons Intl Film Festival) and served as the basis for his recently completed first novel. Victor spent two seasons as artistic director of the L.A. Classical Theatre Lab and has worked extensively with non-profits in New York and Los Angeles teaching the power of storytelling to a new generation of young people in underserved communities. As an actor, Victor has appeared on and off-Broadway at the New York Shakespeare Fetsival, Circle in the Square and Playwrights Horizons, on the big screen (most notably in the screen adaptation of John Knowles' A SEPARATE PEACE, ) and the small, having appeared as a regular character on the now defunct ABC soap opera, LOVING, and more recently as ""the blue paint killer"" in two episodes of CSI, a role for which he was graphically executed. Victor is the Co-Founder of the World Freerunning & Parkour Federation and Co-Executive Producer of MTV's ULTIMATE PARKOUR CHALLENGE. He is very proud to be a member of the corps of Audible narrators, helping to bring great storytelling to a new world of ""readers""."

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