Sean B. Carroll
The Making of the Fittest
DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution
DNA evidence not only solves crimes; in Sean B. Carroll’s hands it will now end the evolution wars.
“Of all the scientists in the world today, there is no one with whom Charles Darwin would rather spend an evening than Sean Carroll.”—Michael Ruse, author of The Evolution-Creation Struggle
DNA is the genetic material that defines us as individuals. Over the last two decades, it has also emerged as a powerful tool for solving crimes and determining guilt and innocence. But, very recently, an important new attribute of DNA has been revealed—it contains a complete record of the past events that shaped each species. It is a record of evolution from the origin of life two billion years ago until now. In the pages of this highly readable book, leading researcher and science popularizer Sean B. Carroll welcomes us into the fascinating world of DNA and its role in evolution. His evidence points to the end of the rancorous, distracting debate over the validity of the theory of evolution. Evolution is a natural law, as unassailable as the theory of gravity.
Sean B. Carroll is professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His work has been featured in Time and The New Yorker. He has written for Smithsonian, Natural History, and Playboy. He lives in Madison.
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