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One hundred years after the trial, and as we have documented in our scholarly work, the culture war over evolution and ...

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Since the Scopes trial in 1925, Science News has reported on legislative attempts to undermine the teaching of evolution.

John Scopes was indicted for teaching evolution. Science News looks at the forces that led to the trial and how expertise was the big loser.