One in Four Americans Reject Evolution, a Century After the Scopes Monkey
DAYTON, TENNESSEE, UNITED STATES, JUL 01 – The 1925 Scopes trial ignited a century-long debate over teaching evolution versus creationism in schools, with about 25% of Americans still supporting young Earth creationism, Pew Research found.
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1 in 4 Americans reject evolution, a century after the Scopes monkey trial spotlighted the clash between science and religion
The 1925 Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, was one of the earliest and most iconic conflicts in America’s ongoing culture war. Charles Darwin’s “Origin of Species,” published in 1859, and subsequent scientific research made the case that humans and other animals evolved from earlier species over millions of years. Many late-19th-century American Protestants …
One in four Americans reject evolution, a century after the Scopes monkey
The 1925 Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, was one of the earliest and most iconic conflicts in America's ongoing culture war.
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