The Cambrian information explosion: Evidence for intelligent design

Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 371-392

  Meyer, Stephen C ^a  

^a Discovery Institute's Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511804823.021     Document Type: Chapter

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