Questions about our origin as a species are universal and compelling. Evolution—and in
particular human evolution—is a subject that generates intense interest across the world …

Low acceptance of evolution among undergraduate students is common and is best
predicted by religious beliefs. Decreasing students' perceived conflict between religion and …

Large segments of the American public are skeptical of human evolution. Surveys
consistently find that sizable minorities of the population, frequently near half, deny that an …

The present study reports the development of a brief, quantitative, web‐based,
psychometrically sound measure—the Generalized Acceptance of EvolutioN Evaluation …

Evolution is a core concept of biology, and yet many college biology students do not accept
evolution because of their religious beliefs. However, we do not currently know how …

Evolution is foundational to biology but is controversial for many undergraduate students.
Although evolution and religion are potentially compatible, students' perceived conflict …

Background How acceptance of evolution relates to understanding of evolution remains
controversial despite decades of research. It even remains unclear whether …

Background Despite widespread concern about the differential measurement of evolution
acceptance among researchers, no one has systematically explored how instrument choice …

Theoretical perspectives and empirical research suggest that acceptance of evolution may
be contingent upon what is evolving (eg, plants vs. humans) and the scale of change …

Students' religious beliefs and religious cultures have been shown to be the main factors
predicting whether they will accept evolution, yet college biology instructors teaching …