(Bare) Majority of Americans Believe in Evolution

According to a University of Michigan study, the percentage of American adults who believe in evolution is now 54%. In all, 32% of religious fundamentalists, 34% of conservative Republicans, and 83% of liberal Democrats accept evolution as fact. Science marches on!

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“Study: Evolution now accepted by majority of Americans,” Morgan Sherburne, Michigan News

 

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Image: Anti-Evolution League at the Scopes Trial, Dayton Tennessee, from Literary Digest, July 25, 1925

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Animals In Your DNA

We humans share DNA with many animals stretching back four billion years through the evolutionary web of life. A Domain of Science video by Dominic Walliman.

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An ‘Adams Event’ May Have Killed Off the Neanderthals

An ‘Adams Event‘ may have killed off the Neanderthals, explains Stephen Fry in a video from the University of New South Wales Sydney.

More:

“End of Neanderthals linked to flip of Earth’s magnetic poles, study suggests,” Nicola Davis, The Guardian

“A global environmental crisis 42,000 years ago,” Alan Cooper, Chris S. M. Turney, et al., Science

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Your Body Is a Natural History Museum

The vestigial structures in each of our bodies are signs of our evolutionary history.

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Seven Million Years of Human Evolution

The American Museum of Natural History outlines human evolution. Seven million years in under six minutes.

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Happy Birthday Charlie Darwin

 

Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809. His birthday has, um, evolved into a worldwide celebration of science and rational thought, Darwin Day.

More:

“For Darwin Day, 6 facts about the evolution debate,” David Masci, PewResearch.org

“Rewriting Nature: Charles Darwin, natural novelist.” Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker

The complete works and manuscripts of Charles Darwin are available online, free.

Best Darwin Day graphic.

Bonus: Darwin, the comic book.

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Happy Birthday, Charlie Darwin

Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809. His birthday has evolved into a worldwide celebration, Darwin Day.

The complete works and manuscripts of Charles Darwin are available online, free.

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Happy Birthday Charlie Darwin

Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809.

Happy Darwin Day, Charlie, from your highly evolved fans at:

The U.S. Congress

George Washington University

 University of Regina

The University of Wisconsin

University of Saskatchewan

The University of Tennessee

Portland State University

. . . and around the world.

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GOP Science Gatekeeper: Earth is 9,000 years old

Representative Paul C. Broun, Jr., MD (R, GA-10) graduated from the University of Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia. He thinks that Planet Earth is only 9,000 years old and that Evolution and Embryology are “lies straight from the pit of Hell.” So much for higher education in the Peach State.

It gets worse. Congressman Broun, MD is a member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. Perhaps he’s also medical adviser to fellow Science Committee member Todd Akin (R, MO-2), who believes victims of “legitimate rape” don’t get pregnant and that doctors are  giving abortions to women who aren’t pregnant.

Unsurprisingly, Congressmen Broun and Akin are both members of the House Tea Party Caucus.

More:

“Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA): Evolution, Big Bang ‘Lies Straight From The Pit Of Hell,’” Benjy Sarlin, Talking Points Memo

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Darwin’s Birthday

Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809.

Happy Darwin Day, Charlie, from your highly evolved fans at:

Michigan State University

The Guardian

National Public Radio

UT Austin

. . . and around the world.

The complete works and manuscripts of Charles Darwin are available online, free.

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