Last Words on Evolution: A Popular Retrospect and Summary

"Last Words on Evolution: A Popular Retrospect and Summary" by Ernst Haeckel is a look back at the fight over evolution, where the author goes over his life's work supporting the world-changing scientific theory that was highly debated in the writer's time. The book explains how science and religious creation stories were battling it out, and he makes it clear why it's so important to get how evolution works given all the new discoveries being made. The book sets the stage by talking about a series of talks Haeckel gave near the end of his life, which stirred up a lot of argument about what evolution means for religion and how we think. He talks about how people misunderstood his ideas about Darwinism, and how the news media twisted his views. Haeckel is setting the scene for his look at how evolution works, noting that there was a long-standing conflict between one view of biology and firm religious beliefs. His point is to lay out the facts that back up evolution and call out the strong cases against the Church's creation idea, standing strong for science questioning and gaining a better understanding of where humans come from.