There has recently been an upsurge of interest in ancient theories of the origin of species, exemplified by publications such as Gordon Campbell's [''Lucretius on Creation and Evolution''] [http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199263967](Oxford, 2003), and David Sedley's [''Creationism and its Critics in Antiquity''] [http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10999.php](Berkeley, 2007). David Sedley's book is particularly valuable for the ancient perspective it offers on creationist theories. | There has recently been an upsurge of interest in ancient theories of the origin of species, exemplified by publications such as Gordon Campbell's [''Lucretius on Creation and Evolution''] [http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199263967](Oxford, 2003), and David Sedley's [''Creationism and its Critics in Antiquity''] [http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10999.php](Berkeley, 2007). David Sedley's book is particularly valuable for the ancient perspective it offers on creationist theories. |