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* Dr. Jeanson is Deputy Director for Life Sciences Research and received his Ph.D. in cell and developmental biology from Harvard University.
Cite this article: Nathaniel T. Jeanson, Ph.D. 2014. Darwin vs. Genetics: Surprises and Snags in the Science of Common Ancestry. Acts & Facts. 43 (9).
Excellent article.
With all of the science not yet in, I’ll keep my belief in God.
I don’t need evolutionists to tell me this wonderfully diverse and fantastic world just evolved from extraterrestrial primordial ooze. Something had a hand in our creation and his name is God.