Serbia: Only 2 academicians among signatories of 'anti-Darwin' petition

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Several state and educational institutions have received a petition urging a revision of study of the evolution theory in Serbia, a Belgrade daily is reporting.

According to Danas, the "anti-Darwin's theory" petition has been sent to the Ministry of Education, the Council on Education, the Presidency of the Serbian Academy of Science and Art (SANU), and to universities.

Among the signatories are "52 academicians, science advisers and university professors, 61 doctors of science, five holders of master's degrees, and 50 medical specialists," the newspaper said.

But in a statement on Monday, SANU reacted by stating that contrary to what the authors of the petition and media reports said, only two of its members had signed it.

SANU's Executive Board also announced they would soon make their stance on this issue known, "proceeding from a...