Evolution and Creationism

By: Mariah Lowe

Main ideas

EVOLUTION

Humans have originated from lower life forms

CREATIONISM

God created the universal and humans in six days.

Theory of Evolution

In 1850s Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace came up with the ideas of evolution.

Wallace and Darwin

Alfred Wallace Charles Darwin

Creation v. Evolution In the Courts

Epperson v. Arkansas

In 1968 John Epperson a

teacher challenged a state law

He taught creationism in a public school but didn’t teach evolution.

Scopes v. Tennessee

In 1925 John Scopes a

teacher broke the law by teaching evolution

Convicted and fined $100

This law stayed in effected till 1967.

Biography

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/_0_0/history_14

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=Kitzmiller+v.+Dover+court+case&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

http://www.2facts.com/icof_story.aspx?PIN=xhu105900a&term=Raymond+Dart#xhu105900a_2