The leaders of the Church very rarely make a statement on evolution: just four short documents ever, over the course of the past 100 years. Here's my favorite one:
"Upon the fundamental doctrines of the Church we are all agreed. Our mission is to bear the message of the restored gospel to the world. Leave geology, biology, archaeology, and anthropology, no one of which has to do with the salvation of the soul of mankind, to scientific research, while we magnify our calling in the realm of the Church....
"Upon one thing we should all be able to agree, namely, that Presidents Joseph F. Smith, John R. Winder, and Anthon H. Lund were right when they said: 'Adam is the primal parent of our race' [First Presidency Minutes, April 7, 1931]."
That's from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism entry on Evolution which is at the bottom of the page I've linked to. Wise words.
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