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1 in 4 Americans reject evolution, a century after the Scopes monkey trial spotlighted the clash between science and religion

  • Written by William Trollinger, Professor of History, University of Dayton

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...

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