Thus, each stress produced a unique set of mutations that were then available for subsequent evolution. (sciencedaily.com)
Instead, according to the physicist proposing the idea, the origin and subsequent evolution of life follow from the fundamental laws of nature and «should be as unsurprising as rocks rolling downhill.» (scientificamerican.com)
One biologist said, «God created the universe and principles of energy and matter, which then guided subsequent evolution,» and another asserted that God only created «the conditions that allowed the process to take place.» (religion-online.org)