Still creationism after all these years: Understanding and counteracting intelligent design

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-201

  Forrest, Barbara ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 49449104101     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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