.Laird, Cameron

[?-]

.Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de

[1744-1829] Naturalist. Early evolutionary theorist, proposed a teleological method of evolutionary change summarized as "inheritance of acquired characters". Author of "Encyclopedie methodique: Botanique" (1783-1808) and "Philosophie Zooligique" (1809).

.Lamb, Peter

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.Lecointe, Darius A.

[?-] TAE. Liked to answer questions about his posts with other questions or completely non sequitur responses. Pinning down Darius on a question was about as easy as nailing jelly to a wall.

.Leipzig, Marty

[?-] Geologist. Participant in the Science echo and the Holysmoke echo.

.Lerner, Asia Z.

[?-] T.o. regular.

.LeRoy, Merlyn

[?-] T.o. regular.

.Lester, Lane

[?-] Biologist, SciCre-ist. Eastern regional representative of the ICR. Author of "Natural Limits of Biological Change (19??). Participant on the Evolution Echo.

.Levchenko, Vladimir F.

[?-] Author of file on "Simulation of evolutionary process".

.Lilje, Anneliese

[?-] Author of file on "Speciation". Multiple requests from the compiler to get an email of the mentioned "huge database of [speciation] references" have not netted so much as a reply.

.Limbaugh, Rush

[?-] Debate exists over whether Limbaugh, noted radio personality, is a

.Lindsey, George D.

[?-] SciCre-ist. Associate Professor of Science Education at the ICR, adjunct faculty.

.Linneaus, Carolus (Latin form of Carl Von Linne)

[1707-1778] Taxonomist. Proposed and developed the binomial system of nomenclature still in use today. Had a firm belief in the fixity of species. Author of "Systema Naturae per Regnae Tria Naturae" (1758-1759).

.Lippard, James J.

[1965-] Philosopher (B.A., ASU; M.A., ABD, Univ. of Arizona), t.o. regular. Frequent contributor to Creation/Evolution and _Skeptic_; author, co-author, or contributor to t.o. FAQs on the "Noah's Ark Hoax", "Lucy's Knee Joint", "Evolution and Racism", and "Phillip Johnson". WWW Administrator for Primenet (10/1994: http://www.primenet.com/~lippard/).

.Liu, Q.P.

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.Loucks, Jim

[?-] SciCre -ist. Proclaimed on t.o. that he would provide a scientific theory of creation. Six months later, he admitted that the task was beyond his capabilities.

.Lumsden, Richard D.

[?-] SciCre-ist. Chair of the Biology department at the ICR.

.Lyell, Sir Charles

[1797-1875] Geologist. One of the principal architects and proponents of the uniformitarian view. Charles Darwin viewed Lyell as a mentor and friend over much of his career.

.Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich

[1898-1976] Polemicist. Proponent of Michurianism, an officially sanctioned Soviet variant of Lamarckism. Due to Lysenko's efforts, many real geneticists were sent to the gulags or simply disappeared from the USSR.