Scientists discover more every day about how life developed on Earth. Details that stream in from the new field of molecular biology rival the ongoing findings of paleontologists as they fill in the missing pieces in the fossil record. Professors Stephens and Meldrum, aided by the perspective of a non-scientist, Forrest B. Peterson, review the data for a general Latter-day Saint audience.
Foreword vii Duane E. Jeffery Introduction xv Acknowledgments xxi The Wonder of It All 1(6) The Bottom Line 7(8) The Truth Shall Make You Free 15(16) When the Prophet Speaks 31(28) The Evidence of Things 59(22) What about Darwin? 81(20) DNA on the Witness Stand 101(18) Our Place in Nature 119(12) The Body as a Temple 131(8) Written in Stone 139(26) Genesis Revisited 165(22) In Gods Image 187(16) Eternal Evolution 203(6) Appendix. Three Official LDS Statements on Evolution 209(10) References Cited 219(12) Index 231
