Did we come from monkeys? Has man evolved from the apes, or not?
Those are good questions, but since (a) the ape question has been asked so many times in here and (b) some have answered it for you so well, I shall focus entirely on the second part of your question, our devolution. Indeed, the US American public school system is suffering, we all know that. But aside from guns and drugs, it has been dealing with an issue that should have never been a problem, and that, as you indicate since at least some 80 years. With that, once again, the American school system is pretty much unique; you will be hard pressed to find anything like the discussion about how to treat evolutionary biology in the classroom in other countries. Mexico, whch truly has a very strong religious foundation among its populous, has no difficulties what so ever to teach evolution. What then is it that makes evolution so frightening to many Americans? Well, for one it is a misunderstanding of what the theory is all about. A point that supports your notion of devolution; without pro
