In the United States, public opinion studies have shown that less than half the population believes in evolution.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

It is meant to support the idea that traditional Christian beliefs can coexist with science and evolution.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

It's been part of our human evolution. And it goes from very basic to extremely baroque things.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

The exhibit includes a movie about Elvis' life and the evolution of his representation by the media.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

Another naturalist,Alfred Russel Wallace, had independently written a paper that contained ideas similar to Darwin's concerning evolution.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

He developed the theory of evolution that life on Earth developed through the process of natural selection.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

For them,evolution opposed the explanation of creation found in the book of Genesis in the Bible.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

He wrote to his friend,botanist Joseph Hooker, that speaking about evolution "was like confessing a murder."

VOA: special.2009.02.25

In eighteen fifty-eight, he sent Darwin a short study he had written containing ideas about evolution.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

A Gallup Poll opinion study taken last February found that twenty-five percent of Americans reject evolution.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

He is being honored for his work on animal evolution and the origins of biological complexity.

VOA: special.2011.05.10

There is almost no disagreement over the main ideas of evolution in the scientific community.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

And they thought Tennessee's law againt teaching evolution was foolish in a modern,scientific society.

VOA: special.2011.01.13

Also,in Darwin's time, the age of the Earth was estimated only in the millions of years too short a time some said for evolution to work.

VOA: special.2009.12.01