Because of the hegemony of fundamentalist religion in the United States, this country has been among the most resistant to the fact of human evolution. (Jerry Coyne)

Because of the hegemony of fundamentalist religion in the United States, this country has been among the most resistant to the fact of human evolution.

Jerry Coyne

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