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Evolution made plain

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Evolution made plain

John Harmon Mason and Emanuel Haldeman-Julius

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Evolution, explained without jargon for the general reader. Mason lays out plainly what the theory is and is not, walking through geological evidence, connecting links, and natural selection at work in nature and society. Accessible and direct. Get a clear, honest grounding in the idea that reshaped biology.

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12 chapters

  1. 1Evolution Made Plain
  2. 2EVOLUTION MADE PLAIN
  3. 3WHAT EVOLUTION IS AND IS NOT
  4. 4GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCES OF PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT
  5. 5EVIDENCES OF EVOLUTION
  6. 6CONNECTING LINKS
  7. 7NATURAL SELECTION
  8. 8NATURAL SELECTION IN SOCIAL EVOLUTION
  9. 9EVOLUTION AND THE BIBLE
  10. 10POPULAR OBJECTIONS ANSWERED
  11. 11NATURAL SELECTION AND FUTURE PROGRESS
  12. 12Transcriber’s note:
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