Gerald A. Kerkut or G. A. Kerkut (1927 - 2004) was a noted British zoologist and physiologist. He attended Cambridge university from 1945 to 1952 and earned a doctorate in zoology. He went on to establish the Department of Physiology and Biochemistry at University of Southampton where he remained throughout his career. He became Professor of Physiology and Biochemistry in 1966 and went on to become the Dean of Science, Chairman of the School of Biochemical and Physiological Sciences and Head of the Department of Neurophysiology. Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... Physiology (in Greek physis = nature and logos = word) is the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ... Zoology is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... The University of Southampton is a British university situated in the city of Southampton, on the south coast of Great Britain. ...

Bibliography

Books

• Kerkut GA, ed. (1958) The Invertebrata, Cambridge

University Press, Cambridge, UK.

• Kerkut GA (1960). The Implications of Evolution, Pergamon

Press, Oxford, UK.

• Kerkut GA (1969). The Missing Pieces, University of

Southampton, Southampton, UK.

• Kerkut, G. A. and L. I. Gilbert, eds. (1985) Comprehensive Insect Physiology, Biochemistry & Pharmacology : 13-Volume Set, 8536 pages, Pergamon Press, ISBN 0080268501
• Kerkut GA (1985). Microcomputers; the revolution of our time. In

Microcomputers in the Neurosciences, ed. Kerkut GA, pp 1-8. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

• Kerkut, G. A. (1987) Progress in Neurobiology, in four parts, Pergamon Press, ISBN 9997397932 (part 1)

Editor of Journals

• Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, started in 1960
• Progress in Neurobiology, 1973
• Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology

Controversy

Kerkut's book The Implications of Evolution pointed out some existing unsolved problems and points of concern for evolutionary studies. He referred to seven evolutionary assumptions which he felt lacked sufficient evidenciary support. Creationists have taken these points as evidence against evolution and interpreted them to support their own claims (Demarest). They claim that he distinguished between the Special Theory of Evolution (often referred to as microevolution by creationists) and what he termed the General Theory of Evolution (often referred to as macroevolution by creationists) (Thompson). Microevolution is the occurrence of small-scale changes in allele frequencies in a population, over a few generations, also known as change at or below the species level. ... Macroevolution refers to evolution that occurs above the level of species. ...

References

• Obituary, http://www.physoc.org/publications/pn/issuepdf/55/47-51.pdf
• Bruce A. Demarest, Gordon R. Lewis (1996) Fossil Groupings and Gaps p. 54 in Integrative Theology, Zondervan, ISBN 0310209153
• Bert Thompson (1985) Is Evolution a “Fact” of Science? Apologetics Press, http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/1985