This interpretation has frequently been exploited by creationists to mischaracterize the weakness of the paleontological record, and to portray contemporary evolutionary biology as advancing neo-saltationism.

These kind of mutations are similar to the ones considered in contemporary evolutionary developmental biology.

Palmgren wrote early accounts on the role of isolation and stochastic events in the distribution of species, while his contemporary biology was largely deterministic.

So the emphasis in much contemporary biology is now shifting away from the earlier Darwinian concerns which, as we have seen, originally influenced the Chicago School.

Evolution is a fact amply demonstrated by the fossil record and by contemporary molecular biology.

Lewontin's book, a collection of his essays on the ideological basis of contemporary biology, is more about political philosophy than social policy.

A passionate advocate of evolutionary theory, Gould wrote prolifically on the subject, trying to communicate his understanding of contemporary evolutionary biology to a wide audience.

But at the same time we couldn't say this is a mentality that has been disproved by contemporary biology, for not everyone was prepared to go along with that.

He was the first person to study the behaviour of wild primates and his observations continue to be cited in contemporary evolutionary biology.

If you aren't a biologist, you are likely to learn a great deal about contemporary biology and the idiosyncratic, sometimes bizarre ways of quarrelsome, ferociously ambitious scientists.