[stanz]

There's no question that life evolved on this planet. This does not only involve human evolution; that's just one facet of it. Biology concerns itself with cell differentiation and speciation - - -two obvious components of any first-year bio lab course. Evolution is at the basis of these phenomena. Not studying evolution in a biological context is tantamount to taking organic chemistry without any calculus foundation.

[Always Right]

Not studying evolution in a biological context is tantamount to taking organic chemistry without any calculus foundation.

I am not proposing not studying evolution, I just don't buy that there is as much value in the theory of evolution as many say. I could absolutely understand Biology and have no concept of what evolution is. I could easily understand cell differentiation and never know anything about Darwin. Evolution is an attempt to tie known facts together, it does NOT serve as a foundation to those facts. Calculus is a foundation to science and is essential to modeling known phenomenas.

[Jim Noble]

Biology concerns itself with cell differentiation and speciation - - -two obvious components of any first-year bio lab course. Evolution is at the basis of these phenomena.

In what way is evolution "at the basis" of cell differentiation and speciation? In fact, now that we're on the subject, what does evolution have to do with them at all?

Not studying evolution in a biological context is tantamount to taking organic chemistry without any calculus foundation.

So? I not only studied organic chemistry, I also studied biochemistry and physiology, and graduated from medical school.

Calculus, to the extent that I understood it, had nothing whatsoever to do with anything else I ever studied-including organic chemistry.