I wonder on what grounds the rest of the countries in the world are excluded from this graph. Perhaps because these are the countries in which the "do you believe in evolution" survey has happened? But it doesn't say that, which leaves me with just the sneaking suspicion that the graph might turn out to look a lot more haphazard with a full set of data, and that the data points shown might have been cherry-picked to give a misleading impression.
The summary on Science's website of the original paper (all that's accessible without payment) says "The acceptance of evolution is lower in the United States than in Japan or Europe, largely because of widespread fundamentalism and the politicization of science in the United States." (That's the whole summary).
I'm pretty sure that means that any cherry-picking has gone on, if at all, in the original article. (The big ones I'd be interested in are Canada, Australia and New Zealand)
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I'm pretty sure that means that any cherry-picking has gone on, if at all, in the original article. (The big ones I'd be interested in are Canada, Australia and New Zealand)