American Evolution Teacher 

     Once upon a time, creationists were able to publish articles 
explaining their position in  The American Biology Teacher  (see, 
e.g., "Evolution and the Scientific Method" by John Moore,  ABT , 35: 
23, 1973). Sadly, those days are long gone, but that doesn't mean 
that creation/evolution topics have disappeared from the pages of 
 ABT.  In fact, hardly an issue is published without at least one 
article on the subject (from the evolutionary perspective). Here is 
a sample from just the first three months of 1987:

 Callaghan, Catherine A.  "Instances of Observed Speciation"  ABT , 
49 (1): 34-35, January 1987. (Callaghan writes, "I have cited 
several instances of observed speciation...They should also 
silence at least one common creationists argument against 
evolution.") [ We don't have much question about speciation, 
actually, and agree with Callaghan that good evidence exists for 
the phenomenon. We doubt, however, that speciation alone is 
sufficient for macroevolution. Ed. ]

 Hopson, James A.  "The Mammal-like Reptiles"  ABT , 49 (1): 16-26, 
January 1987. (Hopson, an anatomist at the University of Chicago, 
writes, "...I conclude that the set of relationships set out in
[this article] is strongly corroborated in its essentials, and
that the mammal-like reptiles are demonstrated to be the
morphologically transitional forms that evolutionists claim them
to be" (p. 24).)

 Johnson, Ronald L.  and  E.E. Peeples . "The Role of Scientific
Understanding in College: Student Acceptance of Evolution"  ABT ,
49 (2): 93-98, February 1987. (Johnson and Peeples, both at the
Univ. of Northern Colorado, surveyed undergraduates in the West
North Central states and concluded that college students "have a
low understanding of science." Surprised?)

 Woodward, Arthur  and  David L. Elliott . "Evolution and Creationism
in High School Textbooks"  ABT , 49 (3): 164-170, March 1987.

 Nickels, Martin D.  "Human Evolution: A Challenge for Biology
Teachers"  ABT , 49 (3); 143-148, March 1987.

     Is it too much to hope that the editors of  ABT  would ever allow
creationist back into the journal? We wonder...



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