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TIL that "Project Steve", a list of scientists with the first name Steven/Stephen who support evolution, has 1400 signatures since 2003; it was made in response to a 2001 petition "A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism" collecting signatures of 700 scientists critical of evolution

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