Richard Dawkins defends theory of evolution

He talks about his book, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution. The interviewer is not my favorite interviewer. A public radio interviewer should not even be asking questions about religion and creationism unless doing a story that is explicitly on fringe beliefs. She digs in just after 16 minutes with the meany atheist thing. But here you have it:

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Humans alternate between multi and single life forms every generation.

By Elizabeth (not verified) on 09 Nov 2009 #permalink