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Human Zoos — How “Science” Fueled the Racial Fire

Ota Benga’s protest — “I am a man! I am a man!” — summarizes the very best message of the Black Lives Matter movement. Read More ›
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Students Sue School District for $12 Million Over “Monkey See” Photos

“There can’t be any question about what they meant. Remember, this is a zoology class. Evolution is taught.” Read More ›

Listen: Bought in a Slave Auction, Displayed as Evolutionary “Science”

The association with “mainstream science” is often weaponized as a way of overawing us and persuading us to stop expecting answers to hard questions. Read More ›
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Unguided Darwinian Mechanism’s “Self-Limiting” Nature Is What Dooms It

Evolution is all, or almost all, evolution by destruction. Michael Behe gives the analogy of a bridge separating you from an invading group of enemies. Read More ›
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On Human and Animal Rights, the Twisted Course of Evolutionary “Philosophy”

Wesley Smith commented earlier on the struggle, via litigation by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP), to grant human-like “rights” to an elephant in the Bronx Zoo. Read More ›
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Update: Still No Evolutionary Explanation for Human Language

“The case that human language develops step by step through natural selection is weakened by the fact that no single language gene has ever been discovered.” Read More ›
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In Evolutionary Thinking, Roseanne Barr’s Offensive Tweet Has a Long History

Some voices, if not necessarily thoughtful or serious ones, have recognized this, while at the same time missing the point. Read More ›
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Human Zoos to Premiere in South Africa and Seattle

Anyone interested in the grim history of Social Darwinism in America, or debates over scientific racism and the sanctity of human life, will want to see this documentary. Read More ›

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