Re: [Phys-L] Something to ponder and worry over

["Dan L. MacIsaac" <danmacisaac@gmail.com>]

I note with bemusement that the Univ of Tehran offers a degree in evolutionary biology:
http://www.ut.ac.ir/en/contents/School-Biology/School.of.Biology.html
so we just need to get the US Ayatollahs on board.

Dan M


On Aug 22, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Bruce Sherwood <Bruce_Sherwood@ncsu.edu> wrote:

> "The US is the only major industrial nation with this problem.  It isn't a
> problem in Europe, Asia, Antarctica, Australia, India or SW Asia as far as
> I know."
>
> Evolution is becoming more controversial in Europe, and it is widely
> opposed in many Muslim countries. Evolution science is under increasingly
> harsh attack by the government in Turkey. I read that the great majority of
> biology teachers in Arab countries oppose evolution.
>
> Bruce
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