Tag: 1 percent myth (series)

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Casey Luskin

Date
May 27, 2025

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Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
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, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, differential, DNA, evolution, gap divergence, genetic code, genetic difference, genomes, Gorilla gorilla, gorillas, human exceptionalism, human origins, humans, intelligent design, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), orangutans, Pan troglodytes, Pongo abelii, primates, Progressive Cactus, signage, single nucleotide variation, Smithsonian Institution, Supplemental Data, telomere, University of Johannesburg}

Letter to the Smithsonian

_{Casey Luskin
May 27, 2025

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Unfortunately, the 1 percent myth is promulgated as fact at, among other places, the nation's own Smithsonian Institution. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 27, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
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, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), ape genomes, autosomes, biologists, biology, chimpanzees, chromosomes, common descent, diploidal genome, gap divergence, genome, genomic analysis, genomic differences, haploid, human exceptionalism, human genome, humans, Nature (journal), non-sex chromosomes, nucleotides, Progressive Cactus, Research, sex chromosomes, single nucleotide variations, software, Supplementary Data}

Additional Method of Analysis Confirms Human-Chimp Genomes Are About 15 Percent Different

_{Casey Luskin
May 27, 2025

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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This number is only looking at the non-sex chromosomes. When you look at the sex chromosomes, the differences seem to be even greater. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 23, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Zoology
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, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), atheism, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, Darwinian evolution, environments, evolutionary icons, Günter Bechly, humans, immaterial genome, Michael Levin, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), Plato, Plato's Revenge, Platonic space, protein-coding DNA, Richard Sternberg, science education, science media, Smithsonian Institution, Supplemental Data, zookeepers, zoos}

Immaterial Genome Meets the Human-Chimp “1 Percent” Myth

_{David Klinghoffer
May 23, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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Obviously, humans and chimps are a whole lot more “different” than 1 percent. But…they’re also a lot more different than 14.9 percent. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
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, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), American Museum of Natural History, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, common decent, de novo, Emily Reeves, human exceptionalism, human genome, humans, ID the Future, National Geographic, new york, order of magnitude, podcast, Science (journal), Scientific American}

Breaking: New Study Shatters the 1 Percent Human-Chimp Difference Myth

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 23, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

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The 1 percent statistic has become so widely cited and accepted that it could be considered an “icon of evolution.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
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, 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), protein-coding regions, Smithsonian Institution, waiting-time problem}

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

_{Casey Luskin
May 23, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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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
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, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), ape genomes, brains, cell division, cellular processes, chimpanzees, corresponding authors, 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

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
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, 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, short nucleotide variations, siamangs, Smithsonian Institution, SNVs, Sumatran orangutans, Supplemental Data}

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

_{Casey Luskin
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
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, __trending, 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

_{Casey Luskin
May 20, 2025

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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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 ›