100 years ago this summer, the small town of Dayton TN was thrust into the spotlight as one of the most famous legal battles of the 20th century, seemingly putting #Darwin & #evolution on trial, got underway. My latest for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social: #science
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-century-ago-a-high-school-teacher-from-a-small-tennessee-town-ignited-a-national-debate-over-human-evolution-180986515/