The Triumph of Evolution-and the Failure of Creationism by Niles Eldredge, W.
H. Freeman, $24.95, ISBN 0716736381
KANSAS 1999, Arkansas 1982, Tennessee 1925—are all important dates in
the American “monkey wars”. Faced with this assault on science, Niles Eldredge,
a leading American palaeontologist and co-creator with Stephen J. Gould of the
theory of punctuated equilibrium, has taken up the cudgels on Darwin’s behalf.
In The Triumph of Evolution he argues that evolution offers testable
explanations of the way the world is, while creationism doesn’t. He writes
passionately, fearing that legislation in the US forcing the teaching of
creationism will…
