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    Evolution: What Every Teenager Should Know
    Evolution: What Every Teenager Should Know
    Evolution: What Every Teenager Should Know
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    Evolution: What Every Teenager Should Know

    By Craig Stanford

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    In the early 21st century, we shouldn’t need to debate the fact that humans evolved from ancient apes. But there are many millions of Americans who still choose to live in denial of evolution. Our politicians shy away from publically embracing the fact of evolution, and there is a shameful lack of evolution in science classrooms. Evolution by natural selection explains the development of life on Earth and the origin of modern humans, and it’s time we say that loudly and clearly to a new generation of students. Evolution: What Every Teenager Should Know is aimed at high school students, to answer questions they may have about how evolution works. The book grew out of discussions with the author’s teenage son, and tries to enlighten students at a time when they are open to ideas that their parents may not have encouraged them to learn or embrace. My hope is that Evolution: What Every Teenager Should Know will answer your questions and give you the facts you need to convince those who are living in denial of the reality of evolution.

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    PublisherCraig Stanford
    Release dateOct 10, 2014
    Evolution: What Every Teenager Should Know
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    Craig Stanford

    Craig Stanford is a renowned expert on animal behavior and human origins. He is Professor of Biological Sciences and Anthropology at the University of Southern California and Director of the USC Jane Goodall Research Center. He holds a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and is best known for his research and his books on chimpanzee hunting and meat-eating in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, done in collaboration with Jane Goodall. In addition, he spent a decade studying the relationship between chimpanzees and mountain gorillas in the Impenetrable Forest of Uganda.Craig has conducted field research on primates and other animals for more than 20 years in Africa, Asia and Latin America. He is the author of 17 scientific and popular books and more than 130 scholarly articles on animal behavior and human evolution. His most recent nonfiction book, Planet Without Apes, was published by Harvard University Press in 2012, and describes the critical situation facing the apes in the 21st century. He is a frequent guest on radio and television interviews and is an acclaimed teacher and past winner of the USC Associate Teaching Award, the highest award given by USC for teaching excellence. He can be reached at stanford@usc.edu

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