Union Minister Satyapal Singh outside Parliament (Express Photo/File) Union Minister Satyapal Singh outside Parliament (Express Photo/File)Indian scientists said Union minister Satya Pal Singh’s remark that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was “scientifically wrong”, “overly simplistic”, “misleading” and without any “scientific basis.”Singh, Minister of State for HRD, on Saturday said: “Darwin’s theory (of evolution of man) is scientifically wrong. Nobody, including our ancestors, in written or oral, said they saw an ape turning into a man,” the minister said. It asked the minister to retract his speech and issue a clarification from the ministry about its policy for teaching evolution. Our fossil records and DNA sequences show that we have evolved from a common ancestor.”The statement written by Sule added: “You have also supposedly claimed that the Vedas contain answers to all questions. Such an exaggerated claim cannot be substantiated with the evidence available and is an insult to the genuine research work on history of Indian scientific traditions.

Source: Indian Express January 21, 2018 20:54 UTC