Proponents of intelligent design don't accept that... -Francis Collins

Proponents of intelligent design don't accept that some of the very complex nanomachines that we have inside ourselves could have come about solely on the basis of natural selection.

Francis Collins , Scientist
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Francis Collins is an American physician-geneticist and the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), known for his leadership in genomics research.

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