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Nature 457, 967 (19 February 2009) | doi:10.1038/457967a; Published online 18 February 2009

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Q&A: Building on paradise

Adam Rutherford

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Communicating the ideas of evolution is as much a challenge now as it was 150 years ago. In the wake of his recent BBC television programme, Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life, naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough tackles those who challenge evolution head on.

Why is teaching evolution now more important that ever?Because of the influence of the Bible's book of Genesis, which says the Lord God said 'go forth and multiply' to Adam and Eve and 'the natural world is there for you to dominate, you have dominion of the animals and plants of the world'.