Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:49:44 -0700 From: "Leonard Adams" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Did Humans Evolve? Not so say Americans and Turks! ( S-P-A-M 9.2/4.5 ) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** I'd like to see the PDF if you don't mind sending it, thanks! - Len Len Adams Health Promotion Specialist Tacoma-Pierce County Health Dept. 3629 South D Street, MS:319 Tacoma, WA 98418-6813 253/798-6129 "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." - Arthur Schopenhauer >>> [log in to unmask] 8/15/2006 1:11:16 pm >>> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutio= ns. ***************************************************************************= ** In surveys conducted in 2005 American adults and adults from=20 32 European countries were asked humans developed from earlier=20 species of animals (answer choices were true, false, or not sure.=20 The US respondents were second highest percentage who said the=20 statement was "false" and second lowest percentage who said "true"=20 (only Turkey had more adults saying "false" than the US). The paper requires a subscription but if you e-mail me I will send=20 you a pdf. It is in Science 11 August 2006: Vol. 313. no. 5788, pp.=20 765 - 766 Also see,=20 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/15/science/sciencespecial2/15evo.html?_r=3D1= &oref=3Dslogin=20 Martin Better living through evolution. --=20 Martin Weiss, PhD VP, Science New York Hall of Science *********************************************************************** More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://www.astc.o= rg. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask] *********************************************************************** More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://www.astc.org. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask]