You are herePolling creationism and evolution around the world
 A new poll conducted by Ipsos for Reuters News in twenty-four countries found that 41% of respondents identified themselves as "evolutionists" and 28% as "creationists," with 31% indicating that they "simply don't know what to believe," according to a press release issued by Ipsos on April 25, 2011. Polling school library bans on evolution
 Sixteen percent of respondents to a recent poll agreed that books that discuss evolution should be banned from school libraries. A preview of Berkman and Plutzer
 NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of Michael Berkman and Eric Plutzer's Evolution, Creationism, and the Battle to Control America's Classrooms (Cambridge University Press, 2010). Polling creationism in Canada
 A new national poll discussed in the Toronto Globe and Mail (March 21, 2011) indicates that 14 percent of Canadians think that God created humans in their present form within the last 10,000 years, while 19 percent think that humans evolved over time but through divine guidance and 58 percent think that humans evolved through natural selection. A new Gallup poll on evolution
 A new Gallup poll on public opinion about evolution hints at a slightly higher rate of acceptance of evolution in the United States over the years. Americans’ Scientific Knowledge and Beliefs about Human Evolution in the Year of DarwinTitle: Americans’ Scientific Knowledge and Beliefs about Human Evolution in the Year of Darwin Issue: 3 The year 2009 marked the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Over eighty years ago, the Scopes "monkey trial" in Dayton, Tennessee, marked the beginning of a long battle for the soul of American public opinion, pitting biblical creationism against the teaching of human evolution in public schools. But how well do we understand what Americans know and believe about human evolution? National surveys by Gallup have certainly told us much about trends in Americans’ core beliefs about Year: 2010 Date: May-June Page(s): 16–18 This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Polling evolution in three countries
 A new poll indicates that public acceptance of evolution is significantly higher in Great Britain and Canada than in the United States. A new survey result on the origin of the universe A new poll commissioned by Daily Kos included a question on the origin of the universe. New survey results on evolution
Included in the Virginia Commonwealth University Life Sciences Survey for 2010 were a number of questions about evolution, religion, and scientific consensus — and as usual there were few surprises in the results (PDF, pp. 9-11). Polling the creationism/evolution controversy
NCSE is pleased to announce a new section of its website that provides information on polls and surveys relevant to the creationism/evolution controversy. Pages
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