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Given its huge success in describing the natural world for the past 150 years, the theory of evolution is remarkably misunderstood. In a recent episode of the Australian series of āIām a Celebrity Get Me Out of Hereā, former cricket star Shane Warne questioned the theory ā asking āif humans evolved from monkeys, why havenāt todayās monkeys evolvedā?
Similarly, a head teacher from a primary school in the UK recently stated that evolution is a theory rather than a fact. This is despite the fact that children in the UK start learning about evolution in Year 6 (ten to 11-year-olds), and have further lessons throughout high school. While the theory of evolution is well accepted in the UK compared with the rest of the world, a survey in 2005 indicated that more than 20% of the countryās population was not sure about it, or did not accept it.
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