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Scopes “Monkey” Trial Centennial Festival

This will be our landing page for all content from the Scopes “Monkey” Trial Centennial Symposium held at Vanderbilt University on July 12th and 13th, 2025.

A group of 24 smiling people, mostly dressed in business casual attire, pose in front of a digitally added fossil fish background. The text above them reads, “Scopes ‘Monkey’ Trial Centennial Symposium.” The Evolutionary Studies Initiative logo is in the lower left corner, and the National Center for Science Education logo is in the lower right.

Session I: The Scopes Trial

 

 

Session II: Modern Challenges to Teaching Evolution

 

 

Session III: Evolution Today

 

 

 

 

Session IV: The Long Reach of Evolution

 

 

Session V: Teaching Evolution

 

 

Session VI: The Relationship of Evolution and Religion