Ayala , Francisco J. “The Evolution of Life: An Overview.” According to Francisco Ayala, the evolution of organisms, that is, their descent with modification from a common origin, is at the core of biology. Though

Francisco Ayala Francisco J. Ayala is the Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a member of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and

Ayala , Francisco J. “Darwin ’s Devolution: Design Without Designer.” According to Francisco Ayala, Darwin’s achievement was to complete the Copernican revolution; biology could now be explained in terms of

1986), chs. 13-16. Francisco Ayala, "Teleological Explanations in Evolutionary Biology ," Philosophy of Science 37 (1970), pp. 1-15; "The Distinctness of Biology," in Friedel Weinert (ed.), Laws

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topics were written by Dr. Francisco Ayala , Professor of Biological Sciences and Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a member of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, and has been President and

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Stephen Jay Gould and Francisco Ayala (Gould 1989; Ayala 2004), have argued that if you replay earth’s evolutionary tape again and again, it will never produce the same result. “The chemical origin of life seemed to depend on such