Darwin Devolves

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The scientist who has been dubbed the "Father of Intelligent Design" and author of the groundbreaking book Darwin's Black Box contends that recent scientific discoveries further disprove Darwinism and strengthen the case for an intelligent creator. In his controversial bestseller Darwin's Black Box, biochemist Michael Behe challenged Darwin's theory of evolution, arguing that science itself has proven that intelligent design is a better explanation for the origin of life. In Darwin Devolves, Behe advances his argument, presenting new research that offers a startling reconsideration of how Darwin's mechanism works, weakening the theory's validity even more. A system of natural selection acting on random mutation, evolution can help make something look and act differently. But evolution never creates something organically. Behe contends that Darwinism actually works by a process of devolution—damaging cells in DNA in order to create something new at the lowest... Acknowledgments xiii About the Author xv A Note on Reading This Book for Individuals with Different Backgrounds xvii Introduction: Taking a Fresh Look at the Basics of Evolution in the New Century 1 Part I: Sensing, Signaling, and Decision-Making in Cell Reproduction 7 Part II: The Genome as a Read-Write (RW) Storage System 27 Part III: Evolutionary Lessons from Molecular Genetics and Genome Sequencing 89 Part IV: A New Conceptual Basis for Evolutionary Research in the 21st Century 127 Glossary 149 References 175 Index 241 The following material can be found online only (www.ftpress.com/shapiro): Appendixes to Part I and Part II of the Printed Book Table References for Part II and Part III of the Printed Book Suggested Readings for Non-Professionals References for the Printed Book