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The editorial staff debated this issue before publication and decided, with the enthusiastic agreement of the lead authors, that the image as a whole combined iconic symbolism with the science without implying that the Bible is true or that evolution is not the key to making sense of biology.
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Editor Cover adds fuel to the fire in evolution battle. Nature 403, 242 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35002192-c1
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