Category: Human Origins and Anthropology | Page 7

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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

_{Casey Luskin
May 22, 2025

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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
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 7, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Technology
Tagged
, archaeologists, archaeology, Ars Technica, Eurasia, Europe, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, Neanderthals, paleontology, Phys.org, weapons}

Slow-Witted? Neanderthals Invented Their Own Tech — Didn’t Copy

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May 7, 2025

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Neanderthals cannot be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for. But if the human mind has no history, there is no missing link. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 29, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, ACLU, Colin Wright, Darwinism, Dayton, Donald Trump, evolutionary biologists, history, John Scopes, National Institutes of Health, private truth, public education, public truth, Salvo Magazine, Scopes Monkey Trial, Tennessee, transgenderism, Washington Post}

Scopes “Monkey” Trial Is Turning One Hundred

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April 29, 2025

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Almost nothing happened quite the way the stereotypes have portrayed it since then. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 21, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Big Bang, creation, creationism, demiurge, evolution, family, freedom, genus, human origins, Jerry Coyne, life, nature, physical causes, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, reason, revelation, Roman Catholic, science and religion, scientists, species, theologians, universe, Why Evolution Is True}

On Evolution, Pope Francis Spoke and the Media Got it Wrong

_{Ann Gauger
April 21, 2025

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According to Pope Francis, evolution per se still requires a Creator and cannot be the result of purely physical causes. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, Adrian Desmond, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinian racism, Darwinian theory, history of science, ID the Future, indigenous peoples, intelligent design, James Moore, Michael Keas, podcast, Racism, Richard Weikart, Robert Shedinger, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, truth}

Darwin’s Sacred Fiction

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April 12, 2025

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A book by Adrian Desmond and James Moore holds that Charles Darwin was significantly motivated in his scientific work by abolitionist sentiments. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 4, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Technology
Tagged
, China, Denisovans, East Asia, humans, Ice Age, Neanderthals, stone tools, The Conversation}

Neanderthals Keep Getting Smarter

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 4, 2025

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology, Technology

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At one time, Neanderthals were considered stupid. Things have changed. Meanwhile, they are presenting some mysteries. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 1, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Technology
Tagged
, abstract reasoning, behavior, Ethiopia, evolution, geology, hominins, human evolution, human history, human mind, human origins, Moon, Olduvai Gorge, stones, ZME Science}

How Evolutionary Theory Confuses the Study of Human History: Case of the Stone Spheres

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April 1, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology, Technology

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Any state of affairs that dates to eons ago can be referred to as “evolution” even when, as in this case, the facts imply the opposite. Read More ›