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1955 'Origin of Life' Paper Is Retracted »

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In 1955, Homer Jacobson, a professor at Brooklyn College, published a paper called "Information, Reproduction and the Origin of Life" in American Scientist, the journal of Sigma Xi. He has now retracted the paper because creationists cite it as proof that life could not have emerged on earth without divine intervention

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    Jordan
    Oct. 25, 2007, 4:41 p.m.

    Sadly, it's pretty much guaranteed we'll still be seeing creationists trying to cite this paper 10 years from now.

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