== Sociale og kulturelle reaktioner ==
I det 19. århundrede, især efter [[Charles Darwin]]s offentliggørelsen af ''Arternes Oprindelse'' i 1859, var tanken om, at livet havde udviklet sig via evolution, en aktiv kilde til akademiske debat centreret om de filosofiske, sociale og religiøse konsekvenser af evolution. I dag er den moderne evolutionære syntese accepteret af et stort flertal af videnskabsfolk.<ref name="Kutschera" /> Men evolution er stadig et omstridt begreb for nogle [[teist]]er.<ref name="Dennett">For an overview of the philosophical, religious and cosmological controversies, see:
* {{harvnb|Dennett|1995}}
For the scientific and social reception of evolution in the 19th and early 20th centuries, see:
* {{cite book |last=Johnston |first=Ian C. |year=1999 |chapter=Section Three: The Origins of Evolutionary Theory |chapter-url=http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/darwin/sect3.htm |title=. . . And Still We Evolve: A Handbook for the Early History of Modern Science |url=http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/darwin/title.htm |edition=3rd revised |location=Nanaimo, BC |publisher=Liberal Studies Department, [[Vancouver Island University|Malaspina University-College]] |access-date=2015-01-01 |archive-date=16. april 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416050826/http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/darwin/title.htm |url-status=live }}
* {{harvnb|Bowler|2003}}
* {{cite journal |last=Zuckerkandl |first=Emile |author-link=Emile Zuckerkandl |date=30. december 2006 |title=Intelligent design and biological complexity |journal=[[Gene (journal)|Gene]] |location=Amsterdam, the Netherlands |publisher=Elsevier |volume=385 |pages=2–18 |pmid=17011142 |doi=10.1016/j.gene.2006.03.025 |issn=0378-1119}}</ref>
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