Science and Creationism A View from the National Academy of Sciences, Second Edition (1999) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix: Frequently Asked Questions
Appendix: Frequently Asked Questions
Pages 27-30
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Biological evolution concerns changes in living things during the history of life on Earth. It explains that living things share common ancestors.
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For example, the biologist Stephen lay Gould once wrote that "the extreme rarity of transitional forms in the fossil record persists as the trade secret of paleontology." But Gould, an accomplished paleontologist and eloquent educator about evolution, was arguing about how evolution takes place. He was discussing whether the rate of change of species is slow and gradual or whether it takes place in bursts after long periods when little change occurs an idea known as punctuated equilibrium.
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1998.) Teachers' organizations such as the National Science Teachers Association, the National Association of Biology Teachers, the National Science Education Leadership Association, and many others also have rejected the science and pedagogy of creation science and have strongly discouraged its presentation in the public schools.
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Some argue that "fairness" demands the teaching of creationism along with evolution. But a science curriculum should cover science, not the religious views of particular groups or individuals.
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