Ken Ham began speaking in support of creationism 50 years ago — halfway between the Scopes trial and today — as a young ...

Scopes monkey trial famously put the spotlight on evolution and appeared to mark a defeat for biblical fundamentalism ...

In the spring of 1925, few people had heard of the small town of Dayton, Tennessee. By that summer, few people hadn’t heard ...

Here's a look at what you need to know about the Scopes trial: No. In 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species,” which explained his theory of evolution by ...

But one thing the Scopes "monkey trial" of 1925 did not do was settle the contentious issue of evolution in the schools, which continues to incite strong passions and court actions to this day.

Hundreds of journalists documented a weeklong courtroom melodrama. The trial centered on a high school teacher, John T. Scopes, who was charged with violating the Butler Act, a law passed earlier ...

In the summer of 1925, when William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow clashed over the teaching of evolution in Dayton, Tennessee, the Scopes trial was depicted in newspapers across the country ...

Local actors Judy Barth, Ruth Ochsenrider and Jim Barth peer over photos of original Scopes Trial jurors during the annual Scopes Trial Festival in Dayton, Tennessee. Fernando Decillis Bobby Beard ...

The Scopes Monkey Trial occurred after Tennessee teacher John Scopes continued to teach evolution after state law forbade the practice. Though the trial has been presented as a debate between ...

July 6, 1925 (UP) -- Application for an injunction to prevent the Scopes evolution trial at Dayton on Friday was expected to be filed here today by John R. Neal, chief counsel for the defense.

But one thing the Scopes "monkey trial" of 1925 did not do was settle the contentious issue of evolution in the schools, which continues to incite strong passions and court actions to this day.