Dept. Of Education Returns Evolutionary Biology To Grant List - AFP

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The U.S. Department of Education has reinstated evolutionary biology to a federal grant list for undergraduate studies. David Dunn -- acting under secretary and chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings -- said the omission, which had sparked heated protests from academics and evolution supporters, was accidental, New Scientist reported Thursday.

"As soon as the omission came to our attention, we took steps to correct it," he said.

The move was welcomed by Becky Timmons of the American Council on Education. "If (the omission) was deliberate, it is certainly the case that when it came to light, wiser heads prevailed," she said.

Many in the academic community expressed fears that the omission might have been part of an attack on Darwinian evolution by religious groups.

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http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Evolution_Science_Back_On_US_Grant_List_999.html

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1. Oh, I can just about guarantee you the omission was deliberate. They

just didn't think there would be such a public uproar about it.

This is what happens when you put the anti-science crowd in charge.