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With Scopes Trial Anniversary Approaching, We Need Science, Not Just Feelings

At best, Christian commitment without a reasonable basis is only shifting sand under believers’ feet. At worst, it invites disdain. Read More ›
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On Human-Chimp Genetic Differences, the Critics Misstate My Arguments 

Evolution defenders generally accept the new evidence showing that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different but downplay the new number. Read More ›
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Birds Don’t Drive Buicks Because of … Evolution, You See

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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Watch: Casey Luskin Debunks the “1 Percent” Myth

On a new podcast, Dr. Luskin explains the science that refutes the myth about humans and chimpanzees being separated by a genetic distance of just 1 percent. Read More ›
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Critics Change the Topic: Do Human-Human Genetic Differences Matter? 

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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21st-Century Darwinism’s Impossible Situation

The nasty racial implications of Darwin’s theory should not just be tastefully ignored. Read More ›
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Are the New Ape Genomes Reliable?

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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Why Is the 1 Percent Myth So Beloved?

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

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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On Illustrating the Icons of Evolution

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

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