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may 1, 1909 - First Presidency on Evolution

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Wikipedia: The 1909 statement was a delayed response to the publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. In the statement, the First Presidency affirmed their doctrine that Adam is the direct, divine offspring of God. The statement declares evolution as "the theories of men", but does not directly qualify it as untrue or evil.
sometime in 1909

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may 1, 1909
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~ 116 years ago