The most obvious reason is most Americans are fucking morons. Evolution makes them cry. Another problem is most of the biology teachers in Idiot America know nothing about biology. I'm not making this up. Science education in this fucktard country is terrible.
I found this article about the problem. If people want to read the whole thing it's at
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/driventoabstraction/2019/04/can-scientific-worldview-deliver-benefits-religion/
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Lombrozo points out that species evolution is one of the most firmly established scientific constructs we have. The common ancestry of life on Earth is supported by mountains of evidence from various scientific disciplines. She wonders, then, why there’s so much opposition to the idea of evolution, especially in the USA.
Why this resistance to human evolution? Religious commitments play a role, to be sure, but pointing to religion isn’t enough to explain why human evolution, in particular, engenders such a chilly reception in Americans’ hearts and minds. After all, a view of the solar system with humans at its center was eventually displaced (if ungracefully), and people aren’t nearly so troubled by the idea that plants evolve. There’s something special about human evolution—something that many find existentially upsetting, even untenable.
The psychological studies Lombrozo cites suggest that there are many personal biases that impede people’s acceptance of evolution. Ideas about purpose, agency and control come into play when we’re talking about the processes that characterize natural history. The notion that we’re no more special than bacteria or birds seems to grate on our assumption of human dominance.
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