Percival Davis

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

Davis received a bachelor of arts in zoology from DePauw University, master of arts in zoology from Columbia University, Master's degrees from Columbia University and the University of South Florida, and holds a PhD from the University of South Florida in Instructional Design. He was a professor of Life Science at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida beginning in 1968.^[1]

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 additionally co-wrote "Case for Creation," with Wayne Frair, published through Chicago's Moody Bible Institute in 1983.

In a November 14, 1994 Wall Street Journal article concerning Of Pandas and People, Davis is attributed with saying "Of course my motives were religious. There's no question about it."^{[citation needed]}

In July 2007, Davis revealed that he has never received any money from "Of Pandas and People", nor has he received any monies from anything related to the book.^{[citation needed]}

Davis is married with three children and two grandchildren.

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Davis PW. and Frair W. A Case for Creation. 3d. rev. ed. (Chicago: Moody Press, 1983).
Davis PW., Villee C, Solomon EP. Biology (Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1985).
Davis PW. and Dean H. Kenyon. Of Pandas and People. (Texas: Foundation for Thought and Ethics, 1989, 1993) ISBN 0-914513-40-0
Davis PW. and Solomon EP. Human Anatomy and Physiology. (Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1983).
Davis PW. and Solomon EP. The World of Biology, 3rd Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders, 1986.
Understanding Human Anatomy and Physiology (McGraw-Hill)