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This edition published in the UK and the USA in 2010 by Icon Books Ltd, Omnibus Business Centre, 39–41 North Road, London N7 9DP email: info@iconbooks.com www.introducingbooks.com Sold in the UK, Europe and Asia by Faber & Faber Ltd, Bloomsbury House, 74–77 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DA or their agents Distributed in South Africa by Jonathan Ball, Office B4, The District, 41 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock 7925 Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, PO Box 8500, 83 Alexander Street, Crows Nest, NSW 2065 Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West, 1700 Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 Distributed in Canada by Publishers Group Canada, 76 Stafford Street, Unit 300 Toronto, Ontario M6J 2S1 Previously published in the UK and Australia in 2001 and 2005 ISBN: 978-184831-186-2 Text copyright © 2001 Dylan Evans Illustrations copyright © 2001 Howard Selina The author and artist have asserted their moral rights. Originating editor: Richard Appignanesi No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, or by any means, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Printed and bound in the UK by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc
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The Central Idea in Biology "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution", said the great Russian geneticist, Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900-75). The theory of evolution is indeed the central idea in modern biology. And yet, in August 1999, one hundred and forty years after Darwin published The Origin of Species, the Kansas State Education Board removed the topic of evolution from the official curricuf um. Biology students in Kansas would now be able to graduate without learning the most fundamental idea in their discipline! Why? What could motivate a State Education Board to deprive students of such an important piece of knowledge? 3

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This edition published in the UK and the USA in 2010 by Icon Books Ltd, Omnibus Business Centre, 39–41 North Road, London N7 9DP

email: info@iconbooks.com www.introducingbooks.com

Sold in the UK, Europe and Asia by Faber & Faber Ltd,

Bloomsbury House, 74–77 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DA or their agents

Distributed in South Africa by Jonathan Ball, Office B4, The District,

41 Sir Lowry Road,

Woodstock 7925

Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, PO Box 8500, 83 Alexander Street, Crows Nest, NSW 2065

Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West, 1700 Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710

Distributed in Canada by Publishers Group Canada, 76 Stafford Street, Unit 300 Toronto, Ontario M6J 2S1

Previously published in the UK and Australia in 2001 and 2005

ISBN: 978-184831-186-2

Text copyright © 2001 Dylan Evans Illustrations copyright © 2001 Howard Selina

The author and artist have asserted their moral rights.

Originating editor: Richard Appignanesi

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, or by any means, without prior permission in writing from the publisher.

Printed and bound in the UK by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc

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