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New Book on Alfred Russel Wallace and the ID Connection

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In my new book, Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life, I take the reader on a journey from 19-century England, to the wilds of the Amazon River Basin, to the Malay Archipelago, and back to the highly charged scientific climate of Victorian London. Wallace’s story is one of discovery, from shocking Charles Darwin with his own theory of natural selection to his realization that the very principle he used to explain the diversity of biological life itself had limits, limits with profound implications about humankind and nature itself. After years of research across the globe, Wallace came to believe that some intelligence was required to explain the natural world. This intelligent evolution would be explained by Wallace as directed, detectably designed, and purposeful common descent. This biography explains how and why Wallace came to that conclusion.

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Speaking of Wallace and evolutionary theory.... What do ID folk think of this Gorilla in England that is now walking upright? I mean, it seems like an evolutionary acquirement. http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=gsihc&xhr=t&q=Walking+Gorilla&cp=9&qe=V2Fsa2luZyBH&qesig=2pQeXB378ETcKwPBtG5aUw&pkc=AFgZ2tnelbbxONkh-kUGfYR5JjS-7b917vf915oVdLiN9EDQzVJaS_33QoDxlfWF0Qd6OjBRWVkOH-_K2kHTYIAVMvpjP4H0bA&pf=p&sclient=psy&aq=0z&aqi=&aql=f&oq=Walking+G&pbx=1&fp=dded8f20a6bb9442DesignFan
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Congratulations, looks like a fascinating book.Granville Sewell
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