The [[theory of evolution]] played a prominent role in regards to communism.<ref>http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3054/</ref><ref>http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=276</ref> Communist were openly opposed to evolution, and favored a version of [[Lamarckism]] called [[Lysenkoism]]. Many geneticists were imprisoned and executed for their ''bourgeois science'', and agricultural policies based on Lysenkoism were adopted under Stalin and Mao caused famines and the death of millions[http://www.bookrags.com/research/lysenkoism-wog/]. | The [[theory of evolution]] played a prominent role in regards to communism.<ref>http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3054/</ref><ref>http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=276</ref> Communist were openly opposed to evolution, and favored a version of [[Lamarckism]] called [[Lysenkoism]]. Many geneticists were imprisoned and executed for their ''bourgeois science'', and agricultural policies based on Lysenkoism were adopted under Stalin and Mao caused famines and the death of millions[http://www.bookrags.com/research/lysenkoism-wog/]. |