The trial found high school teacher John Scopes guilty of violating a state law banning the teaching of evolution.

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But it is only a beginning. John Kress of the Smithsonian says that, while science accepts evolution, debate continues.

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And she explains the theory of evolution through natural selection in a way that both children and adults will enjoy.

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Professor Warren Schmaus of the Illinois Institute of Technology says the union of evolution and genetics only started around the nineteen thirties.

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The animals on the islands influenced British nature scientist Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution by natural selection.

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It is meant to support the idea that traditional Christian beliefs can coexist with science and evolution.

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A Gallup Poll opinion study taken last February found that twenty-five percent of Americans reject evolution.

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He is being honored for his work on animal evolution and the origins of biological complexity.

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There is almost no disagreement over the main ideas of evolution in the scientific community.

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He says research like the frog genome project helps humans understand the history of evolution.

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And they thought Tennessee's law againt teaching evolution was foolish in a modern,scientific society.

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Also,in Darwin's time, the age of the Earth was estimated only in the millions of years too short a time some said for evolution to work.

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"What I find interesting is how much of evolution she really takes for granted.

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A year later,Darwin would complete his detailed study of evolution through natural selection.

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