The Central Issue
The central issue of the essay is the need to teach biological evolution in the context of debate about creation and evolution in public education in the United States. The fact that evolution occurs explains the interrelatedness of the various facts of biology, and so makes biology make sense. The concept has become firmly established as a unifying idea in biology education.
Read more about this topic: Nothing In Biology Makes Sense Except In The Light Of Evolution
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