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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), chimpanzees, common ancestry, DNA, evolution, gap differences, genetic difference, genetic similarity, genome, human exceptionalism, human origins, humans, intelligent design, junk DNA, Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), Smithsonian Institution, waiting-time problem}

What’s the Best Explanation for Human-Chimp Genetic Differences?

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May 23, 2025

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We have broken a major story about a recently published study showing that the human and chimp genomes are 14.0 percent to 14.9 percent different. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), ape genomes, brains, cell division, chimpanzees, DNA, genetic differences, genomes, human genome, humans, Jonathan Wells, misrepresentation, Nature (journal), Nucleic Acids Research, order of magnitude, repetitive DNA, zombies}

Genetic Differences Between Humans and Chimps Represent Functional DNA

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May 22, 2025

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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I contacted the corresponding authors of the original study and they kindly offered their interpretation of the differences between the human and chimp genomes. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), ape genomes, bonobos, Bornean orangutans, chimpanzees, deletions, DNA, fact check, gap difference, gap divergence, gene duplications, genomes, Gorilla gorilla, gorillas, human genome, humans, insertions, Kateryna Makova, National Center for Biotechnology Information, Nature (journal), order of magnitude, Pan paniscus, Pan troglodytes, persistent scientific errors, Pongo abelii, siamangs, Smithsonian Institution, Sumatran orangutans, Supplemental Data}

Fact Check: New “Complete” Chimp Genome Shows 14.9 Percent Difference from Human Genome

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May 21, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

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I suspect that this radical finding has implications — for human exceptionalism and more — that people will be discussing for a long time. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 20, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), burying the lede, chimpanzees, common ancestry, David Klinghoffer, DNA, gap difference, genomes, human exceptionalism, humans, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Kevin Williamson, Museum of Natural History, National Review, Nature (journal), science journalism, Smithsonian Institution, statistics, Supplementary Data, zombies}

Bombshell: New Research Overturns Claim that Humans and Chimps Differ by Only 1 Percent of DNA

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May 20, 2025

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This finding should be major news in the science world, yet those involved don’t seem interested in highlighting the discovery. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 19, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, astronomers, atmosphere, BBC News, Big Think, biosignature, CNN, earth, exoplanets, fact check, K2-18b, magma, Neptune, New York Times, Science (journal), solar system}

Fact Check: Did Scientists Really Detect Evidence of Life on Exoplanet K2-18b?

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April 19, 2025

Intelligent Design, Planetology, Science Reporting

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The molecule is dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), and on Earth its sole known source is life (specifically, marine phytoplankton algae). Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Brian DeVries, Brian Miller, Cambridge, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute, education, educators, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary biology, ID research program, intelligent design, Ivy League, Jonathan McLatchie, scientists, South America, students, Summer Seminar on Intelligent Design}

Help Us Mentor the Next Generation of Intelligent Design Scientists and Scholars

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April 15, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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Emily Reeves, a PhD staff scientist at Discovery Institute, has mentored an Ivy League postdoc in the field of molecular biology for the past five years. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anger, David Klinghoffer, ENCODE, Endogenous retroviruses, ERVs, Francis Collins, Human Genome Project, Internet, Jonathan McLatchie, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, Long Story Short, pseudogenes, Richard Dawkins, Rob Sheldon, science stopper, The Greatest Show on Earth}

New “Long Story Short” Video Addresses Challenges from Junk DNA Defenders

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January 16, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Of course, die-hard evolution defenders were not going to take these major shifts in thinking about “junk DNA” sitting down. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 1, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C. elegans, David Coppedge, evolution, gene regulation, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, microRNA, miRNA, National Cancer Institute, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, Richard Sternberg, roundworm, The Conversation, The Myth of Junk DNA, William A. Dembski}

Happy New Year! No. 1 Story of 2024: Nobel Prize for Function of “Junk DNA”

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January 1, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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That so-called genetic junk would turn out to be functional was a prediction of intelligent design going back to the 1990s. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C. elegans, David Coppedge, evolution, gene regulation, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, microRNA, miRNA, National Cancer Institute, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, Richard Sternberg, roundworm, The Conversation, The Myth of Junk DNA, William A. Dembski}

2024 Nobel Prize Awarded for the Discovery of Function for a Type of “Junk DNA”

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December 17, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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That so-called genetic junk would turn out to be functional was a prediction of intelligent design going back to the 1990s. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, amino acids, ancestors, chimpanzees, Denisovans, DNA, human origins, humans, Live Science, Neanderthals}

Reader Asks: What Is Denisovan DNA?

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December 12, 2024

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The “Denisovans” are kind of a fictional group from which we only have a few fragmented bone specimens. Read More ›