Percival Davis

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Percival William Davis is an American author, a young earth creationist, and activist in the intelligent design movement.

According to his author biography, Davis received a bachelor of arts in zoology from DePauw University, master of arts in zoology from Columbia University, Master's degree at Columbia University and the University of South Florida in zoology, ecology and physiology. He was a professor of Life Science at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida beginning in 1968.

The term "intelligent design" came into general usage following the publishing of a 1989 book called Of Pandas and People co-authored by Davis and Dean H. Kenyon. The pair suggested that Darwinism, more than a century old, had outlived its usefulness, primarily because evolution was unable to explain all the biological complexities, which they argue show evidence of an intelligent designer.

Davis also co-wrote "Case for Creation," with Wayne Frair, published through Chicago's Moody Bible Institute in 1983. In a 1994 Wall Street Journal interview, Davis said of writing Of Pandas and People: "Of course my motives were religious. There's no question about it."

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• Frair W, Davis PW. A Case for Creation. 3d. rev. ed. (Chicago: Moody Press, 1983).
• Davis PW, Villee C, Solomon EP. Biology (Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1985).
• Solomon EP, Davis PW. Human Anatomy and Physiology. (Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1983).
• Davis PW, Solomon EP. The World of Biology, 3rd Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders, 1986.
• Larson E. Darwinian struggle: instead of evolution, a textbook proposes "intelligent design." Wall Street Journal, 14 November 1994.