On the (Divine) Origin of Our Species

Darrel R. Falk, Philip Batterham, Cara Wall-Scheffler, Robert W. Wall

“Humans are an accidental species, the product of a whole series of lucky breaks” This is a message which has been advanced in the published literature of evolutionary biology, and delivered to the public by its’ chief popularizers. Largely as a consequence of this, the Christian church has a fraught relationship with the science of human evolution, entailing a variety of negative responses. “Humans are the product of providential interaction with a loving God through his Spirit” This is the competing hypothesis developed and presented in this book by Dr. Darrel Falk. A lifelong Christian, trained in the science of genetics, Dr. Falk has spent the past twenty years teaching courses in human evolution, and draws on his extensive knowledge of the latest advances in human evolutionary biology and his Christian formation and faith to present a radically different perspective on...