{"id":2177,"date":"2014-07-16T17:50:57","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T21:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2177"},"modified":"2014-07-16T17:50:57","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T21:50:57","slug":"going-ape-in-orlando-sentinel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2177","title":{"rendered":"Going Ape in Orlando Sentinel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thank you to Orlando Sentinel reporter Leslie Postal for the nice story on me and Going Ape: Florida’s Battles over Evolution in the Classroom<\/a>!<\/p>\n

‘Going Ape’ relives Florida battles over evolution<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Despite his strong belief that evolution as a fundamental tenet of biology must be taught, Haught said he tried to make the book neutral and readable for anyone interested in the topic. And, Haught said, it’s a book without a true ending.<\/p>\n

“I guarantee we’re going to see this come up again,” the Port Orange man said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And Florida Citizens for Science president Jonathan Smith had some kind words for me. Thanks, Jonathan!<\/p>\n

“Brandon’s a thinker,” said Jonathan Smith, president of Florida Citizens for Science. “He’s intrigued by stuff like that.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thank you to Orlando Sentinel reporter Leslie Postal for the nice story on me and Going Ape: Florida’s Battles over Evolution in the Classroom! ‘Going Ape’ relives Florida battles over evolution: Despite his strong belief that evolution as a fundamental … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-z7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2106,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2106","url_meta":{"origin":2177,"position":0},"title":"Going Ape in the news","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"April 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A story about me and my new book was published in the Daytona Beach News Journal today. 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