Title: 
Headings: Why is it important to teach evolution?
Why
 
is
 
it
 
important
 
to
 
teach
 
evolution?
 

Resources
 
and
 
References
 

Evolution
 
and
 
Medicine,
 
Barton
 
Childs
 

Evolution
 
&
 
Medicine
 
Network,
 
A
 
website
 
for
 
scientists,
 
scholars,
 
and
 
clinicians
 
working
 
at
 
the
 
interface
 
of
 
evolution
 
and
 
medicine
 

Evolution,
 
Science,
 
and
 
Society:
 
Evolutionary
 
Biology
 
and
 
the
 
National
 
Research
 
Agenda,
 

Office
 
of
 
University
 
Publications,
 
Rutgers,
 
The
 
State
 
University
 
of
 
New
 
Jersey
 

From
 
the
 
Origin
 
of
 
Life
 
to
 
the
 
Future
 
of
 
Biotech:
 
The
 
Work
 
of
 
Andy
 
Ellington,
 

Understanding
 
Evolution
 


Content: Why is it important to teach evolution? Why
 
is
 
it
 
important
 
to
 
teach
 
evolution? Understanding
 
evolution
 
is
 
critical
 
for
 
understanding
 
biology. As
 
the
 
preeminent
 
scientist
 
Theodosius
 
Dobzhansky
 
stated,
 
“Nothing
 
in
 
biology
 
makes
 
sense
 
except
 
in
 
the
 
light
 
of
 
evolution.” Evolution
 
is
 
the
 
only
 
scientific
 
explanation
 
for
 
the
 
diversity
 
of
 
life. It
 
explains
 
the
 
striking
 
similarities
 
among
 
vastly
 
different
 
forms
 
of
 
life,
 
the
 
changes
 
that
 
occur
 
within
 
populations,
 
and
 
the
 
development
 
of
 
new
 
life
 
forms. Excluding
 
evolution
 
from
 
the
 
science
 
curricula
 
or
 
compromising
 
its
 
treatment
 
deprives
 
students
 
of
 
this
 
fundamental
 
and
 
unifying
 
scientific
 
concept
 
to
 
explain
 
the
 
natural
 
world. Teaching
 
and
 
learning
 
about
 
evolution
 
have
 
immense
 
practical
 
value
 
that
 
extends
 
beyond
 
understanding
 
our
 
world. The
 
principles
 
of
 
evolution
 
underlie
 
improvements
 
in
 
crops,
 
livestock,
 
and
 
farming
 
methods. Natural
 
selection
 
accounts
 
for
 
the
 
rise
 
in
 
pesticide
 
resistance
 
among
 
agricultural
 
pests
 
and
 
informs
 
the
 
design
 
of
 
new
 
technologies
 
to
 
protect
 
crops
 
from
 
insects
 
and
 
disease.