'Teach children Darwinism' demand
CHILDREN should be taught from the age of 11 that Darwin's theory of evolution is a fact, an eminent scientist said yesterday.
Dr Richard Pike, chief executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry, said references to Darwinism being a "theory" should be abandoned.
His comments were made amid a long-running row over claims that some of Tony Blair's flagship city academies teach creationism in science lessons.
Creationism includes a belief that all forms of life have always existed in their present form and that the world was formed in 4004 BC, rather than 4,600 million years ago, as scientists believe.
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