Narrowly, the trial was about challenging a newly passed Tennessee state law against teaching evolution or any other theory denying the biblical account of the creation of man.

Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, ...

Humans lost their ability to synthesize their own vitamin C because our ancestors had access to plenty of fruit.

Tennessee lawmakers were the first to take the step, passing the Butler Act on March 13, 1925, banning the teaching of any theory saying humanity descended from a “lower order of animal” in ...

In March 1925, Tennessee became the first state in the country to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms.

The Scopes monkey trial took place 100 years ago, but the fight isn’t over How an anti-evolution law a century ago set up an infamous showdown over religion in public schools.