Why Are There Still Creationists? Human Evolution and the Ancestors
Why Are There Still Creationists? Human Evolution and the Ancestors by Jonathan Marks, published by Polity Press on July 19, 2021, is a thought-provoking exploration of the complex relationship between human evolution and societal values. This 112-page book delves into the overwhelming evidence supporting the ancestry of humans among apes, while emphasizing that facts are intertwined with moral and philosophical implications. Marks presents a nuanced perspective on the creation/evolution debate, challenging the notion that it is merely a conflict between science and religion.
In this edition, readers will find a clear and engaging discussion that highlights how the creationism debate extends beyond scientific arguments to encompass theological considerations. Marks argues that understanding human evolution involves recognizing the significance of lineage and the values associated with it. By examining the interplay of science, philosophy, and social aspects, the book encourages a more comprehensive approach to the topic, suggesting that discussions about values and meanings are essential to the scientific discourse on human ancestry.
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The evidence for the ancestry of the human species among the apes is overwhelming. But the facts are never “just” facts. Human evolution has always been a value-laden scientific theory and, as anthropology makes clear, the ancestors are always sacred. They may be ghosts, or corpses, or fossils, or a naked couple in a garden, but the idea that you are part of a lineage is a powerful and universal one. Meaning and morals are at play, which most certainly transcend science and its quest for maximum accuracy.
With clarity and wit, Jonathan Marks shows that the creation/evolution debate is not science versus religion. After all, modern anti-evolutionists reject humanistic scholarship about the Bible even more fundamentally than they reject the science of our simian ancestry. Widening horizons on both sides of the debate, Marks makes clear that creationism is a theological, not a scientific, debate and that thinking perceptively about values and meanings should not be an alternative to thinking about science – it should be a key part of it.
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