Category: Evolution | Page 8 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 28, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Arts
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstractions, amphibians, animal art, Antone Martinho-Truswel, bear marks, beaver logs, birds, bison paths, cars, cave bears, cave painting, cephalopods, driving, fish, Flight, human art, human consciousness, human exceptionalism, Lascaux cave, Michel Lorblanchet, natural selection, Pech-Merle cave, reptiles, Sarah Newman, University of Sydney}

Birds Don’t Drive Buicks Because of … Evolution, You See

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June 28, 2025

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This all seems a roundabout way of saying that humans are exceptional. And here’s the question that no one in evolutionary biology has the answer to. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 26, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Amazon, chimps, Chimps and Critics (series), CHM13, common ancestry, DNA, Financial Times, function, genetic difference, genetics, genomes, Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics, Han Chinese, human exceptionalism, human-human genetic differences, humans, Jared Diamond, Joel Duff, junk DNA, Nature Communications, non-alignable DNA, Nucleic Acids Research, nucleotides, objections, reactions, repetitive DNA, Science (journal), Smithsonian Institution, University of Chicago Press, Zachary Ardern}

Critics Change the Topic: Do Human-Human Genetic Differences Matter?

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June 26, 2025

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One of the common yet unexpected reactions from critics to the discovery that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different is to change the topic. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 25, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Australian Aboriginals, brain, Charles Darwin, common ancestor, compartmentalization, creationism, Darwinism, digestive system, dualism, evolution, false dilemma, hereditarianism, human lineages, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, IQ gap, J. B. S. Haldane, lungs, men, Native Americans, natural selection, Nicobar Islands, Personality and Individual Differences, Racism, random variation, retconning, savages, skin, sub-Saharan Africans, tails, women}

21st-Century Darwinism’s Impossible Situation

_{Daniel Witt
June 25, 2025

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The nasty racial implications of Darwin’s theory should not just be tastefully ignored. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 25, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, apes, chimps, Chimps and Critics (series), deletions, DNA, genes, genetics, genome assemblies, genome sequencing, genomes, humans, insertions, junk DNA, Nature (journal), Supplemental Data, technical failures, telomeres}

Are the New Ape Genomes Reliable?

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June 25, 2025

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We have good reasons to believe that these differences are reliable and real and even represent functional, meaningful DNA. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 25, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Andrew McDiarmid, bonobos, Bornean orangutans, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, chimps, DNA, genetics, genomes, gorillas, humans, junk DNA, Nature (journal), Pan paniscus, reality, Research, siamangs, Smithsonian Institution, statistics, Sumatran orangutans}

Why Is the 1 Percent Myth So Beloved?

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 25, 2025

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When a belief conflicts with common sense present-day reality, it is usually upholding an irrational value. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 24, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, apes, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, chemistry, Christianity, Dante Alighieri, Darwinism, Erasmus Darwin, intelligence, intelligence tests, J. B. S. Haldane, J. R. R. Tolkien, John Milton, Lord Monboddo, Mars, Naomi Mitchison, Possible Worlds and Other Essays, race, science fiction, scientific racism, scientists, The Descent of Man, Third Reich, UNESCO}

The End of Scientific Racism

_{Daniel Witt
June 24, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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J. B. S. Haldane initially subscribed to some of the racism of the era — but, to his credit, his views shifted over time as more evidence came to light. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 24, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artwork, books, candor, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, evolution, humor, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, illustrators, ink, Jay Richards, Jody Sjogren, Jonathan Wells, journals, machines, magazines, materialist paradigm, organisms, Paul Nelson, pen, podcast, Richard Sternberg, textbooks, Tom Woodward, visual media}

On Illustrating the Icons of Evolution

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June 24, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Artistic license has been used to promote Darwinian evolution since the late 19th century. Read More ›

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Date
June 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Altai, Asia, Chagyrskaya, climate, Emily Coco, Eurasia, food, Gizmodo, human history, Margherita Bassi, migration, Neanderthals, Okladnikov Caves, PLOS ONE, rivers, Siberia, University of Algarve, water}

For Migration, Neanderthals Followed Rivers

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June 23, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Of course, if they followed river systems, they were assured of sources of food and water along the way. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, ape genomes, biologists, chimps, Chimps and Critics (series), copies, functional information, gap divergence, genetics, humans, Joel Duff, junk DNA, Nature Communications, non-B DNA, Nucleic Acids Research, repeats, repetitive DNA, technical failures, theistic evolutionists, University of Akron, Zachary Ardern}

Critics Dismiss Genetic Differences Between Humans and Chimps as “Meaningless” Junk

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June 23, 2025

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What’s most ironic here is that these critics aren’t disputing that the evidence really does show that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 22, 2025

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, American Humanist Association, anti-American propaganda, Bill Nye, chimps, Daily Wire, disinformation, Donald Trump, genetic difference, Heritage Foundation, human beings, human exceptionalism, humans, ideology, Lonnie Bunch, Mike Gonzalez, museums, National Gallery of Art, National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Museum of American History, National Museum of Natural History, organisms, Plato's Revenge, Smithsonian Institution, Trump Administration}

Memo to the Smithsonian

_{David Klinghoffer
June 22, 2025

Cultural Anthropology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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We are trying to bring some reasonable pressure to bear on the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and its scientifically inaccurate displays. Read More ›