journal Science on Thursday proclaimed evolution the breakthrough of 2005

Evolution named 2005's top scientific breakthrough
Thu Dec 22, 2005 02:05 PM ET

By Deborah Zabarenko
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two days after a U.S. judge struck down the teaching of intelligent design theory in a Pennsylvania public school, the journal Science on Thursday proclaimed evolution the breakthrough of 2005.

Wide-ranging research published this year, including a study that showed a mere 4 percent difference between human and chimpanzee DNA, built on Charles Darwin's landmark 1859 work "The Origin of Species" and the idea of natural selection, the journal's editors wrote.

"Amid this outpouring of results, 2005 stands out as a banner year for uncovering the intricacies of how evolution actually proceeds," they wrote. "Ironically, also this year, some segments of American society fought to dilute the teaching of even the basic facts of evolution."

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Scientists need to do more like this. The "ignore it because it's lunacy" approach got us where we are now. While no one with an IQ above a chimp believes ID to be anything more that a bible story, ignoring it only let it gain momentum.

and write that man a letter. How DARE he say we have anything to do with a bunch of furless, prehensile tail-less, self groomers.