Creatures of Accident: The Rise of the Animal Kingdom.CREATURES OF ACCIDENT: The Rise of the Animal Kingdom WALLACE Wal·lace , Alfred Russel 1823-1913. British naturalist who developed a concept of evolution that paralleled the work of Charles Darwin. ARTHUR Proponents of intelligent design argue that life is too complex to have arisen by chance and that it must have come about at the hands of a creator. But Arthur, a professor of zoology zoology, branch of biology concerned with the study of animal life. From earliest times animals have been vitally important to man; cave art demonstrates the practical and mystical significance animals held for prehistoric man. , explains how complex organisms Organisms See also animals; bacteria; biology; plants; zoology. anabolism Biology, Physiology. the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances from simpler ones. Cf. catabolism. — anabolic, adj. could indeed have evolved as composites of many genetic accidents. His book outlines the various ways in which life on Earth developed. Historically, Arthur notes, evolution has been envisioned primarily along either an x-axis or a y-axis. The x-axis acknowledges the great diversity of organisms, and the y-axis notes organisms' increasing complexity. The author argues that the evolutionary process lies along a diagonal between these two views. In a non-technical narrative, Arthur analyzes how organisms change. Finally, he speculates about the nature of extraterrestrial life “Green people” redirects here. For green people in fantasy fiction, see Goblinoid. Extraterrestrial life is life originating outside of the Earth. It is the subject of astrobiology, and its existence remains theoretical. and ponders the relationship between belief in evolution and belief in God. Hill and Wang (Wang Laboratories, Inc., Lowell, MA) A computer services and network integration company. Wang was one of the major early contributors to the computing industry from its founder's invention that made core memory possible, to leadership in desktop calculators and word processors. , 2006, 255 p., hardcover, $25.00. |
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