August 15, 2006
Did Humans Evolve? Not Us, Say Americans

In surveys conducted in 2005, people in the United States and 32 European countries were asked whether to respond “true,” “false” or “not sure” to this statement: “Human beings, as we know them, developed from earlier species of animals.” The same question was posed to Japanese adults in 2001.

The United States had the second-highest percentage of adults who said the statement was false and the second-lowest percentage who said the statement was true, researchers reported in the current issue of Science.

Only adults in Turkey expressed more doubts on evolution. In Iceland, 85 percent agreed with the statement.





Here is the abstract from Science magazine that originally published the findings.

We have found common ground with the Turks I guess.

KT

Note how they do not offer many choices. I don't call dumbing down Evolution, I call it Devolution. Evilution maybe. But look at Chimpface. That proves it is not an upwards graph of intelligence plus ability to stand. It might be an inverse relationship. The more they stand up, the more chimplike the brain becomes.

An also, I would like to know about the other possible alternatives. Hybrids and such like. Aliens. etc.

US residents have little sense of culture. Style setters and opinion makers
across all levels and domains of our social system tends to be ego-centric
and ethnocentric in out look. There is a very strong anti-intellectual bias at
all levels and domains of the system and a tendency to yield power and
influence to large males with conservative, authoritarian and dogmatic leader
ship styles. The antidote for all these afflictions is to stay principled and
centered in constitutional democracy.

Evidently some didn't evolve.

In the US we go about the business of socializing and enculturating our
youth with so little awareness that the forces at play proceed at cross-purposes
as often as not. Education in the Arts and Sciences clashing with fundamentalist
attitudes from home and Church and both clashing with predominant modes of entertainment using sex and violence. Our focus needs to be on building community and finding a place for everyone.