Evolution Diary

Turkana Boy, considered the most complete early human fossil, is being removed from his bomb-proof vault to take centre stage at an exhibition that curators say will provide the most complete record of the evolution of Man. (…)

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STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – Europe’s main human rights body voted on Thursday to urge schools across the continent to firmly oppose the teaching of creationist and “intelligent design” views in their science classes. (…)

The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology expressed its concern about the misrepresentation of science in Answers in Genesis’s creation “museum” in a press release issued on July 17, 2007. (…)

In the United States, opposition to the teaching of evolution in public schools has largely been fueled by the religious right, particularly Protestant fundamentalism. (…)