Sunday, January 13, 2008

US scientists tackle evolution deniers

AS New Scientist went to press, one of the front-runners for the Republican US presidential nomination was a politician who does not believe in evolution.

Mike Huckabee, who surprised pundits with his rapid rise from obscurity by winning the Iowa caucus last week, believes God played a role in creation and that the human race could not have come about by "accident". None of the other remaining candidates has denied evolution.

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