Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution
Overview
An essay from evolutionary biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky in support of Theistic evolution, the idea that God set into motion the evolutionary progression of the universe. The essay was written in the context of how creationism and evolution should be publicly taught.
I stumbled across this article will digging around in Wikipedia’s article on Common descent, specifically on the Recurrent laryngeal nerve in giraffes, as referenced in Gwern’s article on The Algernon Argument.
Relevant Quotes
I am a creationist and an evolutionist. Evolution is God’s, or Nature’s method of creation. Creation is not an event that happened in 4004 BC; it is a process that began some 10 billion years ago and is still under way.
— Theodosius Dobzhansky, “Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution” (1973)