英国《自然》杂志在每年的最后一期有一个专栏，邀请经常为该杂志评审的学者为《自然》杂志的读者推荐他们认为在本年度出版的值得一读的书籍。在今年的最后一期上，徐星研究员应邀推荐了他喜爱的一本书：由美国芝加哥大学生物学教授Coyne博士撰写的《为什么进化论是对的》。
 
    Why Evolution is True (by Jerry A. Coyne, Oxford Univ. Press: 2009.)
　

     Jerry Coyne’s book Why Evolution is True demonstrates the validity of evolutionary theory using the latest available data. Coyne is hugely knowledgeable, and an excellent writer. He uses multiple strands of data in such a clear and sometimes humorous way that an open-minded reader can hardly avoid learning a great deal about evolution: from feathered dinosaurs to vestigial organs, and from the unexpressed or fragmented genes present in all life forms to the complex distribution of Earth’s flora and fauna. Xu Xing is a professor at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, ChineseAcademy of Sciences, Beijing, China.