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Do not be misled by the one-star rating; Amazon has a bug. Mr. Coyne is an excellent and convincing writer; the book is readable, well-organized and informative. He presents the case for evolution by natural selection and gives numerous cases that validate it. He is even-handed, especially in recognizing that there are unanswered questions and even other processes at work beside natural selection and sexual selection. The book is a stark contrast to works by philosophers writing about evolution, notably Daniel Dennett, the Roger Clemens of philospohy. On the contrary, Coyne is a professional biologist. He has travelled the world in search of fossil data, and found it. If you want to read a book on evolution with up-to-date information and actual data made understandable, this is it.