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Corporations Scared To Sponsor Natural History Museum's Evolution, Darwin Exhibition...


First Posted: 11-23-05 02:30 PM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:43 AM

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The Telegraph:

An exhibition celebrating the life of Charles Darwin has failed to find a corporate sponsor because American companies are anxious not to take sides in the heated debate between scientists and fundamentalist Christians over the theory of evolution.

The entire $3 million (£1.7 million) cost of Darwin, which opened at the American Museum of Natural History in New York yesterday, is instead being borne by wealthy individuals and private charitable donations.

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