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be lieved that Allah had cre at ed by WATSON, JAMES
means of ev o lu tion, and main tained
The fa mous American bi ol o gist
that hu man men tal ca pac i ties could
James Watson is best known for his
not be ex plained in terms of nat u ral
work in the field of mo lec u lar bi ol o -
se lec tion and sim i lar nat u ral ist ic
gy. He and Francis Crick re vealed
mech a nisms. In con trast to Darwin,
the ex traor di na ri ly com plex struc -
he be lieved that non-bi o log i cal fac -
ture in DNA as a re sult of their joint
tors out side nat u ral se lec tion were
work in 1955.
re spon si ble for the emer gence of hu -
Watson and Crick's dis cov ery of
man phys i cal traits and men tal ca pa -
nu cle ic ac ids—DNA and RNA, for
bil i ties. 274
short—gave birth to new prob lems
for the the o ry of ev o lu tion. With
their dis cov ery of the struc ture of

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