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National Center for Science Education (NCSE), ''Project Steve'' [http://ncseweb.org/taking-action/project-steve] The statement says: ''"Evolution is a vital, well-supported, unifying principle of the biological sciences, and the scientific evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of the idea that all living things share a common ancestry. Although there are legitimate debates about the patterns and processes of evolution, there is no serious scientific doubt that evolution occurred or that natural selection is a major mechanism in its occurrence. It is scientifically inappropriate and pedagogically irresponsible for creationist pseudoscience, including but not limited to "intelligent design," to be introduced into the science curricula of our nation's public schools."''</ref>  Approximately 1% of U.S. residents have first names that qualify.<ref name="FAQ">[http://ncseweb.org/taking-action/project-steve-faq National Center for Science Education (NCSE), ''Project Steve FAQ'']</ref> The New York Times reported in 2006 that 54 percent of the then 700+ Steves work in biology.<ref>New York Times, Ask Science, ''Few Biologists but Many Evangelicals Sign Anti-Evolution Petition'', by Kenneth Chang, Published February 21, 2006 [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/science/22askscience.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1]</ref>

National Center for Science Education (NCSE), ''Project Steve'' [http://ncseweb.org/taking-action/project-steve] The statement says: ''"Evolution is a vital, well-supported, unifying principle of the biological sciences, and the scientific evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of the idea that all living things share a common ancestry. Although there are legitimate debates about the patterns and processes of evolution, there is no serious scientific doubt that evolution occurred or that natural selection is a major mechanism in its occurrence. It is scientifically inappropriate and pedagogically irresponsible for creationist pseudoscience, including but not limited to "intelligent design," to be introduced into the science curricula of our nation's public schools."''</ref>  Approximately 1% of U.S. residents have first names that qualify.<ref name="FAQ">[http://ncseweb.org/taking-action/project-steve-faq National Center for Science Education (NCSE), ''Project Steve FAQ'']</ref> The New York Times reported in 2006 that 54 percent of the then 700+ Steves work in biology.<ref>New York Times, Ask Science, ''Few Biologists but Many Evangelicals Sign Anti-Evolution Petition'', by Kenneth Chang, Published February 21, 2006 [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/science/22askscience.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1]</ref>

As of October 2012, 1,230 Steves have signed the statement.

As of March 25, 2017, 1,417 Steves have signed the statement. <ref>https://ncse.com/list-of-steves</ref>

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://ncse.com/taking-action/project-steve Project Steve webpage]

*[http://ncse.com/taking-action/project-steve Project Steve webpage]