From ALAN BATTEN
The text from Genesis cited by A. Wathelet (Letters, 4 January) is one
that I, too, have often thought about. Given (as I understand) that the
skeletons of most snakes do have rudimentary limbs, I have often speculated
that the author of Genesis was an acute observer, and possibly the first
to advance a theory of evolution.
Alan Batten National Research Council Victoria, Canada
