Questions of science and belief (Image: Phil Senter)

Palaeontologist Phil Senter has a persuasive strategy for convincing doubters that all life on Earth has a common origin

As an evolutionary biologist and atheist you’ve used the research techniques of creation science? What are they exactly?

Creation scientists take data from nature and try to reconcile it with a literal interpretation of the Bible, such as the creation of the world in six days. Nowadays many have real scientific training, with PhDs in geology, biology or chemistry, and their procedures often involve testing of hypotheses through observation and experimentation – the …