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The organization's supporters include Bruce Alberts, former President of the National Academy of Sciences ; Donald Johanson, discoverer of the " Lucy " fossil ; and evolutionary biologist Francisco J. Ayala.

Also the late paleontologist and writer Stephen Jay Gould was a long-time supporter.

As of 2008, the group has over 4000 members who are " scientists, teachers, clergy, and citizens with diverse religious affiliations.