Icons of Evolution, which was published in 2000, takes a clearheaded, scientific look at the very same visual images that had convinced me of the truth of Darwinian evolution. The Miller experiment, Darwin’s tree of life, Haeckel’s embryos, the archaeopteryx missing link — they were all there, along with several other symbols of evolution. The book’s subtitle especially piqued my curiosity: Why Much of What We Teach about Evolution Is Wrong.8 Here was my chance to put these images — and the broader question of Darwinism’s overall reliability — to the test.
