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INHERIT THE WIND

Darwin published his Origin of the Species in 1925 which stated: 1) Living organisms living today evolved from similar organisms in a long, gradual

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Page 1: Darwin published his Origin of the Species in 1925 which stated: 1) Living organisms living today evolved from similar organisms in a long, gradual

INHERIT THE WIND

Page 2: Darwin published his Origin of the Species in 1925 which stated: 1) Living organisms living today evolved from similar organisms in a long, gradual

What Is Evolution?

Darwin published his Origin of the Species in 1925 which stated:

1) Living organisms living today evolved from similar organisms in a long, gradual process.

2) This is Natural Selection.3) The natural environment favors, or

selects, organisms that are best adopted to survive.

4) We did not evolve from monkies!

Page 3: Darwin published his Origin of the Species in 1925 which stated: 1) Living organisms living today evolved from similar organisms in a long, gradual

“The Scopes Monkey Trial”

The Battle lines … Evolution (science) vs.

Creationism (a literal interpretation of the bible)

Henry Drummond as… Clarence Darrow

Matthew Harrison Brady as… William Jennings Brian (ran for Pres. 3 times)

Bertram T. Cates as … John Scopes Hillsboro, TN and not Dayton, TN.