RE: [asa] Is evolution a fact?

I agree with your view, but would add that some use the "Evolution is a
fact" phrase as almost a mantra for their cause against those who doubt
evolution. Certain bloggers arouse their reader's emotions by using this
statement of "fact". :)

GeorgeA Cooper

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Subject: Re: [asa] Is evolution a fact?

> Natural history is more general than evolution, as it includes such
subjects
> as historical geology, aspects of which may be unrelated to evolution.

Actually, "natural history" encompasses pretty much all aspects of
science relating to the natural world. However, one could distinguish
between the history of life, which shows that the types of organisms
change over time (paleontological data, observations of living
populations, etc.) and the various theories of evolution that seek to
explain this observed pattern. The former is more or less equivalent
to the "fact" of evolution as I see the term used.

-- 
Dr. David Campbell
425 Scientific Collections
University of Alabama
"I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
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