'Why Evolution Is True' Jerry Coyne, Richard Dawkins, AAI 2009

Jerry Coyne explains 'Why Evolution is True' (also the title of his excellent new book) at the Atheist Alliance International 2009 conference, sponsored by The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science.

Filmed by Josh Timonen
Edited by Joel Pashby

Buy Jerry Coyne's new book "Why Evolution Is True" at Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Why-Evolution-True-Jerry-Coyne/dp/0143116649/ref=tmm_pa...

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins is another great choice: http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Show-Earth-Evidence-Evolution/dp/1416594795/re...

Jerry Coyne's Blog: http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com
Facts of Evolution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEP7Z55Z6nM
Mechanisms of Evolution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja6vDo2jOSc
Frequently asked questions about evolution: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/faq/index.html
Evolution: Fact and Theory: http://www.actionbioscience.org/evolution/lenski.html
TalkOrigins Introduction to Evolution: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-intro-to-biology.html
15 evolutionary gems: http://www.nature.com/nature/newspdf/evolutiongems.pdf
Evolution is a scientific fact: http://www.nationalacademies.org/evolution/TheoryOrFact.html
Evidence of Common Descent: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence_of_common_descent
Evolution teaching resources: http://www.evoled.org/
Human Evolution: http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence
Evolution 101: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_01
More lines of evidence for evolution: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/lines_01
PBS Evolution Library: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/
Partial list of transitional forms: http://www.transitionalfossils.com/

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• atheism
• creationism

[dog1dog2]

@willmu1996 I agree w/ you willmu. No need to provide any evidence in creation beyond what your imagination can conjure. Take me for example, I have irrefutable PROOF that Darwin himself made everything up- "What proof?" you ask- I had a dream (AKA, a "vision") last night, in which God himself appeared to me (as a Cheshire cat who had wings for legs and spoke in a southern-accent...but he said he was God, and I believe him). Anyways, he told me that Darwin was high when he created evolution!

[davelantor]

@dog1dog2 please dont confuse the idiots, they will overheat. :P

[stevenhorr]

This is a great video for someone who wants to learn more but lacks the attentions span to read science books! I think I'll try to read his book again. 

[robbegx]

I just wanted to say I'm SO grateful that this video is online. Think about it, this amazing information is available for us, for free. It's such a shame the religious miss out on the beauty of the theory of evolution and how it makes one appreciate the miracle of life so much more, as a history of billions of years that built up to the point where we are now, rather than a test, aspiring for the reward in the hereafter - the reward they can't be sure to get. This is the reward, wake up!

[robbegx]

@PROUDASAMUSLIM The Quran may contain vague references to science, but the verses show nothing more than 7th century knowledge. Obviously, one could easily retro-fit an interpretation to those verses, but that's a delusion on your part. The thing is that today's science can be easily retro-fitted in any book. The Quran is not unique on this matter. Fact remains that the Quran is simply a century book, I see no reason to regard it otherwise. (Yes, I know the scientific 'miracles')

[PROUDASAMUSLIM]

i m muslim and I agree Jerry Coyne is speaking according to Quran

[tanoooj]

@davelantor hahahaha spot on!

[bdwilson1000]

@LazaaMMA

You can help by spreading it around. :)

[Spetsop]

@willmu1996

"unless God made it ALL,all these millions of species, in 7 days"... is that... sarcasm? I would love to believe that it is, but the rest of your comment seems to be supporting this claim! And you're calling those who support evolution blind morons!??! "unless God made it ALL,all these millions of species, in 7 days" come on, read it with me a few more times.. it sounds more ridiculous each time you read it... wait, gotta stop reading it, it feels like my head is going to explode!

[Spetsop]

@willmu1996

"unless God made it ALL,all these millions of species, in 7 days"... is that... sarcasm? I would love to believe that it is, but the rest of your comment seems to be supporting this claim! And you're calling those who support evolution blind morons!??! "unless God made it ALL,all these millions of species, in 7 days" come on, read it with me a few more times.. it sounds more ridiculous each time you read it... wait, gotta stop reading it, it feels like my head is going to explode!