Scientific American has a profile of evolutionary biologist and ordained Dominican priest Francisco Ayala, who sees no natural hostility between faith and evolution, and hopes to show religious believers how they can reconcile the two. Ayala plans to be especially busy in 2009, which marks the bicentennial of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. And, as expected, a new round of debate over state science standards and the teaching of evolution is already heating up in Texas.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Busy Year Ahead for Francisco Ayala
Scientific American has a profile of evolutionary biologist and ordained Dominican priest Francisco Ayala, who sees no natural hostility between faith and evolution, and hopes to show religious believers how they can reconcile the two. Ayala plans to be especially busy in 2009, which marks the bicentennial of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. And, as expected, a new round of debate over state science standards and the teaching of evolution is already heating up in Texas.
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