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A century after Scopes 'monkey trial,' U.S. still debates theory of evolution

  • Tennessee lawmakers passed the Butler Act on March 13, 1925, banning the teaching of evolution in public schools in opposition to biblical creationism.
  • The Scopes trial attracted significant attention due to prominent figures William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow and concluded with a guilty verdict against John Thomas Scopes.
  • Acceptance of evolution has increased among the general public, with a study showing a rise in acceptance among fundamentalists from 8% in 1988 to 32% in 2019.
  • It took four decades for Tennessee to repeal the Butler Act, which had prohibited teaching evolution.
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The Scopes monkey trial took place 100 years ago, but the fight isn't over

Tennessee became the first state in the country a hundred years ago to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms.

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A century after Scopes 'monkey trial,' U.S. still debates theory of evolution

Butler Act banned Tennessee educators from teaching evolution, but the key lawamker later admitted that he didn't know anything about the topic.

·Nashville, United States
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The Tennessean broke the news in Nashville, United States on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
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