The Edge of Evolution

The Edge of Evolution
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AuthorMichael Behe
LanguageEnglish
SubjectIntelligent design
PublisherFree Press
Publication date
June 5, 2007
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Audiobook
Pages336
ISBN0-7432-9620-6
OCLC136958644
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LC ClassQH367.3 .B44 2007

The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism is an intelligent design book by Discovery Institute fellow Michael Behe, published by the Free Press in 2007. Behe argues that while evolution can produce changes within species, there is a limit to the ability of evolution to generate diversity, and this limit (the "edge of evolution") is somewhere between species and orders. On this basis, he says that known evolutionary mechanisms cannot be responsible for all the observed diversification from the last universal ancestor and the intervention of an intelligent designer can adequately account for much of the diversity of life. It is Behe's second intelligent design book, his first being Darwin's Black Box.

While the book has been well received by creationists and non-biologists,[1][2] reviews by certain scientists, especially those working in the field of biology, have been highly critical of Behe's methods, information and conclusions in the book.[3][4][5][6][7]

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  3. ^ Review of The Edge of Evolution by Michael J Behe, New York: Free Press, 2007, 320 pages, David E Levin, Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 27 (1-2): 38-40, March 2007
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