How much does an old mirror distort? How much do the theories of Darwin reflect today's distortions? How well do we perceive evolutionary theory when looking at it through the mirror of the great scientist? Could the difficulty many people have in accepting evolutionary theory be related to incorrect ways of understanding it?

How well do we know what modern evolutionary biology says? How different is what it says from Darwinian theory? Is evolution merely a theory, and what is truly a scientific theory? Can we explain life and its diversity in a way different from that offered by evolutionary theory?

Do evolutionary biologists unjustly attempt to justify social systems and attribute everything to genes? And, ultimately, do we really descend from monkeys, or not?

This book examines these and many other questions related to one of humanity's greatest achievements, the theory of the evolution of life on our planet (or perhaps elsewhere?). This is done in a way that is understandable to everyone, without technical terms and difficult concepts.

All the reader will need is a willingness to question, an open mind, and the shedding of any bias and ideological commitment. Perhaps then the image in the mirror will become clearer.