# Quote — Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True

> We now have many of the answers that once eluded Darwin, thanks to two developments that he could not have imagined: continental drift and molecular taxonomy.

- Author: [Jerry A. Coyne](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jerry-a-coyne.md)
- Book: [Why Evolution Is True](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jerry-a-coyne/why-evolution-is-true.md)
- Page: 90
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jerry_Coyne#Why_Evolution_is_True_(2009)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jerry-a-coyne/why-evolution-is-true/we-now-have

## More from this book

> Tiny, nonfunctional wings, a dangerous appendix, eyes that can’t see, and silly ear muscles simply don’t make sense if you think that species were specially created.

p. 64 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jerry-a-coyne/why-evolution-is-true/tiny-nonfunctional-wings.md)

> Now, science cannot completely exclude the possibility of supernatural explanation. It is possible—though very unlikely—that our whole world is controlled by elves. But supernatural explanations like these are simply never needed; we manage to understand the natural world just fine using reason and materialism.

p. 224 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jerry-a-coyne/why-evolution-is-true/now-science-cannot.md)

> It’s clear that this resistance stems largely from religion. You can find religions without creationism, but you never find creationism without religion.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jerry-a-coyne/why-evolution-is-true/its-clear-that.md)