RESEARCH ARTICLES on Acceptance of Evolution

New England Faculty and College Students Differ in Their Views About Evolution, Creationism, Intelligent Design and ReligiosityNEW just published (online access) in Evolution Education and Outreach, December 18th 2010 [PDF]

Statistics NE Faculty vs Students Evolution

Figure 1. Percentage of New England faculty (Fac) versus college students from public secular (Pub), private secular (Priv) and religious (Rel) institutions who think evolution is: A = definitely true, B = probably true.

Statistics NE Faculty vs Students Religion

Figure 2. Percentage of New England faculty (Fac) versus college students from public secular (Pub) and private secular (Priv) institutions who consider the following statements about religiosity to be either true (black part of the bar) or false (color): A = faith in God is necessary for morality, B = religion is very important in my life, C = I pray at least once a day.

 

“On the Theory of Evolution versus the Concept of Evolution: Three Observations”NEW just published (online access) in Evolution Education and Outreach, December 15th 2010 [PDF]

“Integrating horizontal gene transfer and common descent to depict evolution and contrast it with common design” published in the Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 2010 [PDF]

Read comment about the article above by staff writer from the Discovery Institute Casey Luskin (click on him) and also by Intelligent Design ideolog Michael J. Behe (click on him).

Also read Introduction: Protistan Biology, Horizontal Gene Transfer, and Common Descent Uncover Faulty Logic in Intelligent Design [PDF] to Pre-ISOP meeting workshop (International Society of Protistologists), June 11-13 2009, “Horizontal Gene Transfer and Phylogenetic Evolution Debunk Intelligent Design” by Dr. Avelina Espinosa, professor at Roger Williams University.

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“Acceptance of evolution increases with student academic level: A comparison between a secular and a religious college”published in Evolution Education and Outreach 2009 [PDF]

“Assessment of Biology Majors versus Non-majors views on evolution, creationism and intelligent design”published in Evolution Education and Outreach 2009 [PDF]