'''Francisco José Ayala''' (born March 12, 1934 in [[Spain]]) is an [[American]] [[biologist]] at the University of California, Irvine. Ayala formerly served as the President and Chairman of the Board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a proponent of reconciling [[religion]] and [[evolution]]. In fact, he claims that evolution solves the problem of evil, while [[creationism]] fails to do so. | '''Francisco José Ayala''' (born March 12, 1934 in [[Spain]]) is an [[American]] [[biologist]] at the University of California, Irvine. Ayala formerly served as the President and Chairman of the Board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a proponent of reconciling [[religion]] and [[evolution]]. In fact, he claims that evolution solves the problem of evil, while [[creationism]] fails to do so. |