# 21st July 1925:  ‘Monkey Trial’ finds John T. Scopes guilty of teaching evolution

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Published: 2026-07-21T02:05:02+00:00
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John Thomas Scopes, a substitute science teacher in Tennessee, was found guilty of teaching evolution in ...

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