Charles Darwin (IMAGE)

Geological Society of America

Charles Darwin

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Judge John E. Jones III will receive the Geological Society of America's 2009 President’s Medal, honoring his landmark decision upholding the teaching of evolution in science classrooms. It is presented in the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin (depicted), whose work forms the basis of modern evolutionary theory.

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