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As the famous Scopes trial, a landmark case out of Dayton, Tennessee, celebrates its centennial anniversary, themes of the case continue to be felt today.
A small town in eastern Tennessee courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test ...
Are you descended from a monkey, an ape or a what-not? And what difference does it make anyway!” were questions posed to ...
Thursday’s film screening had a turnout of more than 80 people. Before the movie, attendees heard from retired Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Bill Cunningham, who gave a history of the ...
The law books record it as State of Tennessee v. John T. Scopes. History remembers it as the “ Monkey Trial .” The case ...
The Scopes trial began on July 10, 1925, in Dayton, Tennessee. John Scopes, a young teacher, was accused of breaking the ...
A century ago today, America fixed its attention on a Dayton courthouse. Tennessee was prosecuting John T. Scopes for ...
(The Conversation) — Pop culture about the ‘trial of the century’ reflected broader cultural rifts.
Thieving monkeys steal from tourists and barter for treats on BBC’s Planet Earth. Uncontrolled feeding brings animals and humans into unusually close contact, and not always in welcome ways.
A family's religious visit to Vrindavan's Banke Bihari temple turned chaotic when a monkey snatched a purse containing diamond jewelry worth over ₹20 lakh. Police used CCTV footage to track the ...