Do you have a link to any of those polls? It seems to me those numbers are a bit high as well. I'd guess the wording of the polls has something to do with it. Fir example, "should creationism be taught in schools" and "should creationism be taught in science classes" are two very different questions.
As for people believing god created humans in their current form, America is far behind most of the developed world in accepting the scientific evidence for evolution. It's pretty sad actually. Of course, it shouldn't be unexpected considering America also lags behind in education.
Here is a very interesting blog post on the topic of America's aversion to accepting and understanding scientific fact:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-esk...u_b_38983.html
