

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 100 Years Since the Scopes Trial: The Evolution-Creation Battle in the US
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 15 Jun, 2025 at 11:00 am – Sun, 15 Jun, 2025 at 12:30 pm
- **Event Description**: One hundred years ago this summer, the Scopes "Monkey Trial" rocked the nation, and changed the way science was taught in this country. Donald Prothero will look at the tension between evolution and creationism before the Scopes trial, the details of the trial itself, and how the evolution/ creation conflict has played out in the ensuing century.

Donald Prothero has taught college geology and paleontology for almost 50 years, at Caltech, Occidental, and several other colleges, and currently teaches at Cal Poly Pomona. He earned his B.A. in geology and biology from University of California Riverside, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in geological sciences from Columbia University. He is the author of 54 books and over 400 scientific papers. Major awards: Guggenheim Fellow, 1989; Schuchert Award for outstanding paleontologist under the age of 40 in 1991; 2013 Shea Award for outstanding writing and editing the geosciences; 2015 Gregory Award for service to vertebrate paleontology; 2023-4, Palaeontological Association Distinguished Speaker; 2025, Lamarck Medal in Palaeontology from the European Geological Union.

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- **city**: Los Angeles
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 15 Jun, 2025 at 11:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
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