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The following summary is derived from my 2004 biology textbook:
Biology: concepts and applications, 5th edition, by Cecie Starr, published by Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning.
Given that macroevolution has not been observed directly by humans in recent centuries since the Renaissance, several other aspects of biology connected to evolution have been confirmed. Since Watson and Crick's DNA double helix paper in 1953: microevolution, biotechnology, bioengineering, biometrics, molecular biology, biochemistry, organic chemistry, genetics of DNA and RNA, human genome project (2002), et al. have been confirmed and become established branches of scientific knowledge and departments of academia and schooling.
A few questions remain in macroevolution, such as: abiogenesis (proteins versus nucleotides versus simpler molecules, simple versus complex), anthropic principle, organizing principle (including: exponential progression of dis-tropic organization of biological beings), small collection of hominid remains, some mysterious mass extinctions, etcetera.
Is my summary correct? Is it out-of-date by 2013? I've noticed some updates on abiogenesis, for example...
Biology: concepts and applications, 5th edition, by Cecie Starr, published by Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning.
Given that macroevolution has not been observed directly by humans in recent centuries since the Renaissance, several other aspects of biology connected to evolution have been confirmed. Since Watson and Crick's DNA double helix paper in 1953: microevolution, biotechnology, bioengineering, biometrics, molecular biology, biochemistry, organic chemistry, genetics of DNA and RNA, human genome project (2002), et al. have been confirmed and become established branches of scientific knowledge and departments of academia and schooling.
A few questions remain in macroevolution, such as: abiogenesis (proteins versus nucleotides versus simpler molecules, simple versus complex), anthropic principle, organizing principle (including: exponential progression of dis-tropic organization of biological beings), small collection of hominid remains, some mysterious mass extinctions, etcetera.
Is my summary correct? Is it out-of-date by 2013? I've noticed some updates on abiogenesis, for example...