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 * Unit One: CULTURES**

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 * Rock art in South Africa ||

Rock paintings made by the San people in the Drakensberg mountains. Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP


 * [[image:http://www.quercy.net/pechmerle/images/IMG0027_200.jpg caption="external image IMG0027_200.jpg" link="http://www.quercy.net/pechmerle/images/IMG0027_600.jpg"]] || Left, in black : a [|bison], perhaps 20,000 BP. The dotted horses about 25,000 BP (radiocarbon dated) (//M//+//F//). [|Right-hand horse] : his small head is drawn in the natural cut of the rock, resembling a horse's head. On his back : a large red fish (it seems to be a pike) (//M//+//F//). [|Six stencilled black hands] all around the horses. Black dots inside and outside. Red dots. [|Left-hand horse], in red : 7 hook-like signs (//M//). ||

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**Evolution and Wonder: Understanding Charles Darwin** From the Scopes Trial to school board controversies in our day, Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution are portrayed as a refutal of the very idea of God. With Darwin biographer James Moore, we learn about the world in which Darwin formulated his ideas and how he took religion seriously. [] discussion guide: []

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U.S. Religious Affiliation, 2002 (self-identification, Pew Research Council)
In February and March 2002 the Pew Research Council conducted a survey of 2,002 adults. Questions about religious preference were included. The results are below:


 * ~ Religious Preference ||~ % June 1996 ||~ % March 2001 ||~ March 2002 ||
 * Christian || 84 || 82 || 82 ||
 * Jewish || 1 || 1 || 1 ||
 * Muslim || * || 1 || * ||
 * Other non-Christian || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Atheist || * || 1 || 1 ||
 * Agnostic || * || 2 || 2 ||
 * Something else (SPECIFY) || * || 1 || 2 ||
 * No preference || 11 || 8 || 10 ||
 * Don't know/Refused || 1 || 2 || 1 ||
 * TOTAL || 100 || 100 || 100 ||

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