A poll carried out for 32 years finds Australian biology students are abandoning the idea of divine involvement in human origins - On Biology

A poll carried out for 32 years finds Australian biology students are abandoning the idea of divine involvement in human origins - On Biology

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Mike Archer

Professor Mike Archer has been Curator of Mammals at the Queensland Museum, Director of the Australian Museum and Dean of Science at the University of New South Wales where he’s now Professor in the UNSW PANGEA Research Group. His research includes the World Heritage fossil deposits at Riversleigh, conservation through sustainable use of native resources and DeExtinction efforts to revive extinct species. He has supervised >85 research students, produced >350 scientific publications and received awards including Fellowships in the Academy of Science and Royal Society of NSW, Eureka Prize for the Promotion of Science and Member of the Order of Australia

A poll carried out for 32 years finds Australian biology students are abandoning the idea of divine involvement in human origins

A new study just published in Evolution: Education and Outreach suggests that contemporary Australian university students give far more credit than the previous generation to the science of human evolution and far less credit to creationism or divine guidance.

Mike Archer 22 Aug 2018

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