Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

Search results for: “evolution”

  • short reads

    Instagram, Vine, and the evolution of social media

    http://vimeo.com/68765934 Today, Facebook announced it will let users take and share short videos by way of Instagram, its photo-sharing app. This feature will likely compete with Twitter’s popular new short video application, Vine. Social networking has grown faster and changed more than any other internet activity during the lifespan of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & […]

  • short reads

    The royal baby, your newest cousin?

    No wonder the world is going gaga over the birth of the newest heir to the British throne. We’re all related by blood to Kate, Will and their little prince. He’s our cousin—though for most people of European descent in the United States he’s our distant cousin as much as 35 times removed, give or take a few generations.

  • short reads

    Evolutionary Theory

    A wide gap exists between the public and scientists over evolution.

  • short reads

    Reject Darwin’s Theory of Evolution

    DarwinOn his 200th birthday, Charles Darwin can claim relatively few American adherents to his theory of the evolution of species through natural selection. In a recent survey, 63% of Americans say they believe that humans and other animals have either always existed in their present form or have evolved over time under the guidance of a supreme being

  • short reads

    Gen Nexters Embrace Evolution

    That’s the number of 18-25 year olds who say that humans and other living things evolved over time; only 33% say all living creatures have existed in their present form since the beginning of time.

  • short reads

    Evangelicals and Evolution

    That’s the percentage of white evangelical Protestants that rejects the notion that humans and other living things have evolved over time, espousing instead a view that life has existed in its present form since the beginning of time.

REFINE YOUR SELECTION

© 2024 Pew Research Center