Jerry A. Coyne

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Jerry Coyne is a professor in the department of ecology and evolution at the University of Chicago. His concentration is speciation and ecological and evolutionary genetics, particularly as they involve Drosophila

His work is widely published, not only in scientific journals, but also in such mainstream venues as The New York Times, the Times Literary Supplement, and The New Republic. Coyne's peer-reviewed scientific publications include three papers in Nature and two in Science.

His research interests include population and evolutionary genetics, speciation, ecological and quantitative genetics, chromosome evolution, and sperm competition.

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Books by Jerry A. Coyne

Average rating: 4.23 · 2,070 ratings · 250 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Why Evolution Is True 4.23 avg rating — 2,077 ratings — published 2008 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Speciation 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Speciation and Its Consequences by John A. Endler (Editor), Daniel Otte (Editor), Kurt Benirschke (Contributor) 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Creon's Ghost Law Justice and the Humanities by Joseph P. Tomain, Jerry A. Coyne 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	My rating:

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Quotes by Jerry A. Coyne

“...supernatural explanations always mean the end of inquiry: that’s the way God wants it, end of story. Science, on the other hand, is never satisfied: our studies of the universe will continue until humans go extinct.”
― Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True

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“Now, science cannot completely exclude the possibility of supernatural explanation. It is possible - though very unlikely - that our whole world is controlled by elves.”
― Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True

tags: evolution

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“These mysteries about how we evolved should not distract us from the indisputable fact that we did evolve.”
― Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True

tags: biology , conclusion-before-evidence , confessions-of-the-darwinists , conjecture , darwin , darwinism , darwinist-confessions , dogma , evolution , macro-evolution , macroevolution , neo-darwinism , pseudo-science , science , speculation

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