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==The fact of evolution==
==The fact of evolution==
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The fact of evolution is simply the idea that all organisms, living and dead, came into being by a long developmental process, governed by natural laws, from organisms of a different, probably much simpler, kind. The fact of evolution includes the belief that the original organisms themselves developed by natural processes from inorganic materials. If one wanted to extend from the biological to the cosmological, one would see the fact of evolution as including all developmental change from the time of the Big Bang.
The fact of evolution is simply the idea that all organisms, living and dead, came into being by a long developmental process, governed by natural laws, from organisms of a different, probably much simpler, kind. The fact of evolution includes the belief that the original organisms themselves developed by natural processes from inorganic materials. If one wanted to extend from the biological to the cosmological, one would see the fact of evolution as including all developmental change from the time of the Big Bang.
MICHAEL RUSE
MICHAEL RUSE
Source Citation: RUSE, MICHAEL. "Evolution." Encyclopedia of Science and Religion. Ed. J. Wentzel Vrede van Huyssteen. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. 279-281. 2 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Thomson Gale. Madison County Public. 31 Dec. 2007
Source Citation: RUSE, MICHAEL. "Evolution." Encyclopedia of Science and Religion. Ed. J. Wentzel Vrede van Huyssteen. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. 279-281. 2 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Thomson Gale. Madison County Public. 31 Dec. 2007
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==