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'''''A Civic Biology'''''<ref>The full title was ''A Civic Biology: Presented in Problems'', but it is often referred to as just ''Civic Biology''.</ref> was an American high school biology textbook by George William Hunter published by the American Book Company in 1914.
It was the textbook used in In addition to standard biological information, the school in book supported [[Dayton, Tennesseerace|racist]], in 1925 when teacher views of [[John Scopeshomo sapiens|humanity]] was charged with teaching the , endorsing [[evolution]] of mankind in the famous "and [[Scopes Trialeugenics]]".
As well as standard biological information, It was the book endorsed textbook used in the school in [[eugenicsDayton, Tennessee]] and supported a , in 1925 when teacher [[race|racistJohn Scopes]] was charged with teaching the [[evolution]] view of mankind in the famous "[[homo sapiens|humanityScopes Trial]]".
In the revised edition released in 1926, the publishers removed any mention of the word "evolution" from it, because of the anti-evolution movement.<ref>[http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/1/1/3/8/9/p113893_index.html Shapiro, Adam. "The Evolution of the "New Civic Biology""]</ref>
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