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==Social and cultural views==
==Social and cultural views==
(Note: see Michael Ruse article on Evolution)
Even before the publication of ''[[On the Origin of Species]]'', the idea that life had evolved was a source of debate and evolution is still a contentious concept. Debate has generally centered on the philosophical, social and religious implications of evolution, not on the science itself; the proposition that biological evolution occurs through the mechanism of natural selection is standard in the [[scientific literature]].<ref>For an overview of the philosophical, religious, and cosmological controversies, see: {{cite book|authorlink=Daniel Dennett|last=Dennett|first=D|title=[[Darwin's Dangerous Idea|Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life]]|publisher=Simon & Schuster|date=1995|isbn=978-0684824710}}<br />*For the scientific and social reception of evolution in the 19th and early 20th centuries, see: {{cite web | last = Johnston | first = Ian C. | title = History of Science: Origins of Evolutionary Theory | work = And Still We Evolve | publisher = Liberal Studies Department, Malaspina University College | url =http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/darwin/sect3.htm| accessdate =2007-05-24}}<br />*{{cite book|authorlink=Peter J. Bowler|last=Bowler|first=PJ|title=Evolution: The History of an Idea, Third Edition, Completely Revised and Expanded|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0520236936|date=2003}}<br />*{{cite journal |author=Zuckerkandl E |title=Intelligent design and biological complexity |journal=Gene |volume=385 |issue= |pages=2–18 |year=2006 |pmid=17011142}}</ref>
Even before the publication of ''[[On the Origin of Species]]'', the idea that life had evolved was a source of debate and evolution is still a contentious concept. Debate has generally centered on the philosophical, social and religious implications of evolution, not on the science itself; the proposition that biological evolution occurs through the mechanism of natural selection is standard in the [[scientific literature]].<ref>For an overview of the philosophical, religious, and cosmological controversies, see: {{cite book|authorlink=Daniel Dennett|last=Dennett|first=D|title=[[Darwin's Dangerous Idea|Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life]]|publisher=Simon & Schuster|date=1995|isbn=978-0684824710}}<br />*For the scientific and social reception of evolution in the 19th and early 20th centuries, see: {{cite web | last = Johnston | first = Ian C. | title = History of Science: Origins of Evolutionary Theory | work = And Still We Evolve | publisher = Liberal Studies Department, Malaspina University College | url =http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/darwin/sect3.htm| accessdate =2007-05-24}}<br />*{{cite book|authorlink=Peter J. Bowler|last=Bowler|first=PJ|title=Evolution: The History of an Idea, Third Edition, Completely Revised and Expanded|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0520236936|date=2003}}<br />*{{cite journal |author=Zuckerkandl E |title=Intelligent design and biological complexity |journal=Gene |volume=385 |issue= |pages=2–18 |year=2006 |pmid=17011142}}</ref>