Complex sentence: Maurice Bucaille, famous in the Muslim world for his commentary on the Quran and science, attempted to reconcile evolution with the Quran by accepting animal evolution up to early hominid species, and then positing a separate hominid evolution leading to modern humans.
Split into simpler sentences: Maurice Bucaille, famous in the Muslim world for his commentary on the Quran and science, has attempted to reconcile evolution with the Quran. He accepts animal evolution up to early hominid species and then posits a separate hominid evolution leading to modern humans.