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Evolution fiasco: Satyapal Singh says debate needed & top 5 developments

On Monday, he defended his comment that Darwin's theory of evolution was incorrect and called for a debate on the issue

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Satyapal Singh. Photo: ANI

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Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Satyapal Singh is not sold on Darwin's theory of evolution, and while, thankfully, he has not proposed an alternative, unlike the proponents of 'Intelligent Design', he is sticking to his guns. 

The crux of Singh's argument is that no one ever saw an "ape turning into a man", and he decided to put it forth, along with his foot in his mouth, on Friday when he told assembled reporters that the theory of evolution was "scientifically wrong" and that it needed to be struck off from the text books. 

Now, Singh is

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