Science losing war over evolution

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Director Randy Olson featured his mother Muffy Olson (above) as well as friends on the Harvard faculty in his film Flock of Dodos a sometimes humorous exploration of the debate between evolution and intelligent design. (Staff photos Jon ChaseHarvard  ...
Director Randy Olson featured his mother Muffy Olson (above) as well as friends on the Harvard faculty in his film 'Flock of Dodos,' a sometimes humorous exploration of the debate between evolution and intelligent design. (Staff photos Jon Chase/Harvard News Office)

This just in from the front lines of the battle between evolution and intelligent design: evolution is losing. That's the assessment of Randy Olson, a Harvard-trained evolutionary biologist turned filmmaker who explored the debate in a new film, "Flock of Dodos: The Evolution - Intelligent Design Circus," which was screened Monday (Feb. 6) at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.


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