A December 2010 Gallup Poll showed that four in 10 Americans believe in creationism — that God created humans in their present form — while more than half believe in evolution in some form.

Leslie Wickman is the executive director of the American Scientific Affiliation, a group of Christian scientists working to improve the dialogue between science and religion. She is also a professor of engineering at California Baptist University.

Kevin Padian is an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, where he operates the Padian Lab.

Michael Keas is an adjunct faculty member at Biola University, a Christian school in La Mirada, Calif. He is a senior fellow at the Center for Science & Culture at the Discovery Institute and is the primary author of the auxiliary materials for its textbook, Explore Evolution.

June 11, 2007, Boston Globe opinion piece by David K. DeWolf defending the right of academics to question evolution.

Holmes Rolston III is a University Distinguished Professor in the department of philosophy at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. He has received the Templeton Prize and the Mendel Medal, both of which recognize achievement in science and religion.

Barry Ritchie is the vice provost for academic personnel as well as a professor in the department of physics at Arizona State University.

Dr. Robert Eckel is a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado’s Health Sciences Center in Denver.

Kevin Anderson is director of the Van Andel Creation Research Center, an extension of the Creation Research Society, in Chino Valley, Ariz.