Former priest is a Darwin disciple
By Eric Berger
Houston Chronicle Sunday, p. B3
March 1, 2009
As part of the festivities surrounding Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday, evolutionary biologist Francisco Ayala spoke last week at Rice University, the Houston Museum of Natural Science and Baylor College of Medicine. Ayala is a passionate defender of evolution. But, as a former Dominican priest, he also has a unique viewpoint on how science and religion need not collide. Science writer Eric Berger caught up with Ayala at Rice to find out why.
