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Old 03-11-2010, 06:32 PM   #28
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Personally, I'm not very interested in reading it. After all, although I understand his theory is mostly still valid today, there has to be areas where today's science has progressed beyond it. I think I'd rather read a good explanation of the current state of evolution theory, understandable to a 21st century laywoman. Unless the book is interesting from a litterary point of view?
Most of it is right, although not knowing the mechanism (i.e. genetics), he got some things wrong. I found it surprisingly modern, though - it was written for the general reader, not as a heavily technical book. As with many books on this topic, the examples are fascinating, learning about the different habits of animals etc.
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