QUESTIONS ABOUT ORIGINS Q. Can DNA's detailed coding be explained by natural processes? A. DNA's intricate complexity caused its co-discoverer, Francis Crick, to call it "almost a miracle." Since no scientific process, including natural selection, is able to explain DNA's origin, many scientists believe that it must have been designed. Antony Flew was so impressed by the genius behind DNA that he renounced 50 years of atheistic leadership, arguing that DNA must have been designed by a superior intelligence. (See article 5) Q. Does evidence support Darwin's theory that all life evolved by undirected natural processes? A. Evidence supports Darwin's theory of microevolution, where environmental adaptations result in variations within a single population, such as a species. This is why viruses mutate, house insects have evolved resistance to our pesticides, and dogs, cats, and humans, come in various shapes sizes and colors. Scientists are correct when they state Darwinian microevolution is factual. However, Darwin's theory of macroevolution, says that over time, undirected natural processes led to all life forms, from the most primitive cell to human beings. He predicted countless fossils would prove him right. But the transitional fossils Darwin predicted would validate macroevolution are embarrassingly absent. Even ardent evolutionist, Niles Eldredge admits, "No one has found any such in-between creatures.and there is a growing conviction among many scientists that these transitional forms never existed." (See article 6) Q. What do DNA and the fossil trail reveal about human origins? A. Mitochondrial DNA studies have shown that our species originated from one location, and one mother (they call Eve). Although fossil hunters have discovered a few extinct species of hominids, these creatures are vastly inferior to humans in their intellectual capacities. Thus paleoanthropologists remain baffled by the single origin and sudden appearance of Homo sapiens in the fossil trail. (See article 7) Q. If a designer exists, has he given us clues that reveal what he is like? A. Many scientists believe that a designer has put his "fingerprints" on the cosmos. Theoretical physicist Paul Davies writes, "If physics is the product of design, the universe must have a purpose, and the evidence of modern physics suggests strongly to me, that the purpose included us." The evidence seems to indicate that the designer is not just purposeful, but that he is also personal, superintelligent, and immensely powerful. (See article 8)