Reprint of the classic 1982 response to creationism, which provides all readers with the evidence for evolution, an explanation of evolutionary processes, and an insight into the nature of scientific enquiry. This 1995 edition contains an extensive afterword which brings both scientific and social issues up to date.
`a lucid and masterly treatment' - RC Lewontin
`a masterly summation of the evidence for evolution' - Ernst Mayr