The Biology Battle: Public Opinion and the Origins of Life

Is the origins of life debate occurring in the United States an illustration of the culture wars? To address this question we examine attitudes toward evolution using data from the 2006 General Social Survey. Multinomial logistic regression models indicate that attitudes about whether humans today e...

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Authors: Freeman, Patricia K. (Author) ; Houston, David J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2009]
In: Politics and religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-75
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