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Explains how rapidly accumulating evidence is threatening the basic assumptions of orthodox Darwinism.

Dr. Denton's book sets out to explain the gathering scientific evidence against evolution in its traditional form. It is a clear account of a growing crisis in biology and enables us to understand why an increasing number of research scientists are questioning strict Darwinism.

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Denton pursues his avowed purpose, to critique the Darwinian model of evolution, in a manner alternately fascinating and tiresome. He details legitimate questions, some as old as Darwin's theory, some as new as molecular biology, but he also distorts or misrepresents other ``problems.'' For example, he falls into the classic typological trap: organisms with the same name are all the same. He has Euparkeria as the closest possible ancestor of Archaeopteryx, thus displaying either ignorance or disregard for discoveries over the past two decades. He misunderstands or willfully misrepresents the nature of a cladogram as opposed to a phylogeny. Much of the book reads like creationist prattle, but there are also some interesting points. For informed readers. Walter P. Coombs, Jr., Biology Dept., Western New England Coll., Springfield, Mass.

This work is the basis for the 21st century advent of the Intelligent Design movement in biological science. Denton remains agnostic but the Intelligent Design movement he generated through his work has been a source for advancing Creationism. Ben Stein modeled his movie Expelled after the discoveries of Denton and demonstrated the closed mindedness of the sciencific and academic communities to any form of criticism of Darwin. It has generated extreme interest in Darwin's theory of macro evolution and invited never before intense scrutiny of the claims made by Darwin and accepted by faith in the scientific community to date. Denton who is higly skilled and respected in the science of biochemistry generated a fire storm of criticism in the various fields with his proofs that Darwin's macro evolutionary theory is false. SInce then Denton's ground breaking work of scientific and rhetorical genuis has gone through several editions and continues to today to call for intellectual honesty and integrity in considering the claims Darwin made in his work. Examines evidence which is threatening the basic assumptions of Darwinism