[cookcounty]

"Abiogenesis is not a part of evolution, it is a completely seperate matter."

Me too. This also struck me as an odd statement. My kid's Unit on "Evolution" starts with lengthy discussion of abiogenesis. Ditto for other textbooks. Gosh, I wonder why?

[tortoise]

My kid's Unit on "Evolution" starts with lengthy discussion of abiogenesis.

Of course. Nobody but mathematicians talk about evolution in isolation. It is usually talked about as a part of a discussion on the origins of life as we know it or some such, which covers all sorts of ground.

[Dimensio]

Me too. This also struck me as an odd statement.

That is probably because you do not understand the scope of the theory.

My kid's Unit on "Evolution" starts with lengthy discussion of abiogenesis. Ditto for other textbooks. Gosh, I wonder why?

Perhaps those textbooks are misrepresenting the theory, or perhaps you are misreading what the books are calling evolution and what they are talking about otherwise.