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Jerry A. Coyne

Born

The United States

Website

http://jerrycoyne.uchicago.edu/about.html

Genre

Science, Biology, Evolution

Influences

Charles Darwin, Ernst W. Mayr, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Thomas Hunt Morg ...more

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Jerry Coyne is a professor in the department of ecology and evolution at the University of Chicago. His concentration is speciation and ecological and evolutionary genetics, particularly as they involve Drosophila

His work is widely published, not only in scientific journals, but also in such mainstream venues as The New York Times, the Times Literary Supplement, and The New Republic. Coyne's peer-reviewed scientific publications include three papers in Nature and two in Science.

His research interests include population and evolutionary genetics, speciation, ecological and quantitative genetics, chromosome evolution, and sperm competition. ...more

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Welcome to CaturSaturday, April 18, 2026. It’s shabbos for Jewish cats, and here is an Orthodox Jewish cat from ChatGPT:

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The number and variety contained in each box has varied over the years. In total, 53 different

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Jerry A. Coyne’s books

Average rating: 4.19 · 28,287 ratings · 1,309 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Why Evolution Is True 4.19 avg rating — 26,187 ratings — published 2008 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible 4.11 avg rating — 1,806 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speciation by Jerry A. Coyne, H. Allen Orr 4.23 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devil's Child by Jerry A. Coyne, Jane Smith 3.86 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speciation and Its Consequences by John A. Endler (Editor), Daniel Otte (Editor), Kurt Benirschke (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creon's Ghost Law Justice and the Humanities by Tomain, Jerry A. Coyne really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faith Versus Fact it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Evolution is True by Jerry A. Coyne, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faith versus Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible by Jerry A. Coyne (2015-07-14) by Jerry A. Coyne, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“...supernatural explanations always mean the end of inquiry: that’s the way God wants it, end of story. Science, on the other hand, is never satisfied: our studies of the universe will continue until humans go extinct.”
― Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True

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“These mysteries about how we evolved should not distract us from the indisputable fact that we did evolve.”
― Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True

tags: biology, conclusion-before-evidence, confessions-of-the-darwinists, conjecture, darwin, darwinism, darwinist-confessions, dogma, evolution, macro-evolution, macroevolution, neo-darwinism, pseudo-science, science, speculation

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“Now, science cannot completely exclude the possibility of supernatural explanation. It is possible - though very unlikely - that our whole world is controlled by elves.”
― Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True

tags: evolution

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