![]() I shall be using the name ‘history-deniers’ for those people who deny evolution: who believe the world’s age is measured in thousands of years rather than thousands of millions of years, and who believe humans walked with dinosaurs. Dawkins is passionately against the ignorance of those who would doubt what he sees as indisputable fact, referring to them as “history-deniers”: The purpose of this review is to survey some of Dawkins’ ideas and weigh up the overall logic of his case for evolution in particular, does Dawkins present a good case that macroevolution is a fact?ĭawkins states his purpose for the book clearly from the outset: “This book is my personal summary of the evidence that the ‘theory’ of evolution is actually a fact – as incontrovertible a fact as any in science.” (vii) The author’s thesis is to present the evidence for those who doubt evolution, and to equip those who are frustrated with those who doubt evolution. In it, Professor Dawkins presents evidence for evolution. ![]() This is a well-written book, complete with illustrations and beautiful color sections. ![]() The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins is the famous biologist’s most recent book since his best selling The God Delusion. Book Review: The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins ![]()
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