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Recently released data from the Pew Research Center shows that an increasing number of young people are ditching creationism in favor of evolution, which many scientists have asserted preeetttyyy much as fact for years.

Per Slate:

According to a recent Pew Research Center report, 73 percent of American adults younger than 30 expressed some sort of belief in evolution, a jump from 61 percent in 2009, the first year in which the question was asked. The number who believed in purely secular evolution (that is, not directed by any divine power) jumped from 40 percent to a majority of 51 percent.

The numbers are potentially another symptom of a larger ideological shift: In May, Pew published a report that found Millennials are leaving religion in droves, or choosing not to identify with any faith. "Overall, 35% of adult Millennials (Americans born between 1981 and 1996) are religiously unaffiliated," that report said. "Far more Millennials say they have no religious affiliation compared with those who identify as evangelical Protestants (21%), Catholics (16%) or mainline Protestants (11%)."

~Believe~ it or not, the evolution v. creationism discussion is far from over. There are still several publicly funded schools across the country where creationism is taught as an "alternative." In Tennessee and Louisiana, state law allows public schools to teach creationism. And in Texas, one network of charter schools -- which currently has about 170,000 students enrolled -- is actively teaching creationism in class.