"The statement made by Elder Smith that the existence of pre-adamites is not a doctrine of the Church is true. It is just as true that the statement 'there were not pre-adamites on the earth' is not a doctrine of the church. Neither side of the controversy has been accepted as a doctrine at all."

-Heber J. Grant diary, 25 Jan. 1931, quoted in The Search for Harmony (pg. 97)