The battle against fundamentalist christians continues in the US. Kansas is battling attempts to have the theory of intelligent design taught alongside evolution in science classrooms:

But the largest applause of the evening was reserved for a silver-haired gentleman in a navy blue blazer. “I have a question: if man comes from monkeys, why are there still monkeys? Why do you waste time teaching something in science class that is not scientific?” he thundered.

That quote illustrates the problem quite nicely- we didn’t come from monkeys, we are related to them, meaning we share a common ancestor.