How Does Coyne Support The Theory Of Evolution

The term “evolution” is commonly misconstrued by many individuals. Society often think of evolution as sort of a sudden alteration of a species, simply assuming that every being, just suddenly transforms into another being, as oppose to a continuing change in the species genetic code, modifying their structure over time. However, there are many individuals who do not believe in evolution, due to the lack of evidence that is presented about its case. There is in fact, quite a substantial amount of evidence supporting the “Theory of Evolution”, people are either just not aware, or rather choose to believe in what they want. Evolution as explained in Jerry A. Coyne’s book, is the elucidation for the history of life on Earth. Life on Earth has constantly evolved over the course of time, appearing much differently than the original species that inhabited it, more than 3.5 billion years ago. (Coyne 3) Evolution explains to us how everything is linked to the plants, animals, and even bacterium that existed far before we came into the world.

At one point, we were primitive species that gradually changed over a great period of time, creating a selection of new species through a process known as natural selection. Coyne first describes the theory of evolution as a species that go through genetic change over time. Mutations of these species are based on changes made in the DNA, as many species can evolve into something much different over the course of many generations. (Coyne