Americans Are Not Evolving

In today's Washington Post, the Trend Lines column on page two is entitled "Acceptance of Evolution." (This item isn't featured on the Post's website so I can't provide a link to it.)

The data comes from an article published a few months ago in Science Magazine by Jon D. Miller of Michigan State University. U.S. Adults were asked if the following statement was true or false:

"Human beings, as we know them, developed from earlier species of animals."

In the U.S., 40% said it was true, 21% were not sure, and 39% said it was false.

Then the data was compared to similar surveys in 33 other countries. Guess what? The U.S. ranked 33 out of the 34 for the percentage who accepted the statement as true. Only Turkey had a lower percentage (27%.) Iceland is at the top was 85%, followed by Denmark (83%), Sweden (82%), and France (80%.) Ahead of us at the 32nd rank is Cyprus. In the 60-70% range you'll find Ireland, Italy, Hungary and Estonia, to name a few.

Human beings evolved from earlier species, but it seems the brains of many Americans are not as evolved as the rest of our species.

Migdalor Guy (Adrian)