This letter is in response to Emily Hoyler’s “Ways of Seeing” piece titled “Darwinism losing its significance” of the Feb. 4 edition of the Addison Independent. Although the article brings up some important and thought-provoking points, there were some misleading and inaccurate statements that I feel obliged to correct as a professional biologist. The main point that I want to make is that Charles Darwin’s theories of natural selection and biological evolution remain the foundation of the entire field of bi … (read more)