Tag: American Museum of Natural History

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, 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
Günter Bechly

Date
February 23, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Alan Feduccia, American Museum of Natural History, arachnids, Bayesian reasoning, Casey Luskin, common descent, Cretaceous, Darwinism, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, modern birds, molecular biologists, molecular clock studies, New York Times, Paleogene, phylogenomics}

Fossil Friday: The Big Bang of Tertiary Birds and a Phylogenetic Mess

_{Günter Bechly
February 23, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

31}

There was an abrupt origin, a burst of biological creativity, which is best explained by an infusion of new information from an intelligent agent. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, apes, chromosomes, common ancestry, creationists, Darwin lobby, Dover trial, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Francis Collins, humans, IDEA Center, intelligent design, Journal of Molecular Biology, Kenneth Miller, Mongolia, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Peter Hess, The Language of God}

Chromosomal Fusion and Correcting Mistakes: A Retrospective on an Old Debate

_{Casey Luskin
January 24, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The main evidence that Dr. Scott cites to argue that chromosomal fusions aren’t necessarily deleterious comes not from humans but from horses. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 20, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, creationists, Darwinists, Developmental Cell, Dover trial, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Genome Biology and Evolution, HBBP1, intelligent design, Kenneth Miller, Leakey Foundation, mutations, pseudogenes, purifying selection}

Blast from the Past: Eugenie Scott’s Failed Prediction on Pseudogenes

_{Casey Luskin
January 20, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

11}

Scott confidently asserts that because of mutations the beta-globin pseudogene “isn’t going to do diddly. It’s just going to sit there.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 18, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, American Museum of Natural History, Cambridge University Press, cats, creationist, Darwin's Black Box, Discovery Institute, Eugenie Scott, evolution, explanatory filter, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Leslie Orgel, Michael Behe, misinformation, persecution, Richard Sternberg, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Smithsonian Institution, specified complexity, The Origins of Life, UC San Diego, William A. Dembski, Young Earth Creationism}

Eugenie Scott Lecture Resurrects, Spreads Misinformation on Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
January 18, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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There often seems to be a subtext to her remarks, as if she were telling her audience: “Go forth and persecute.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 29, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, Australopithecus afarensis, bipedalism, brain case, chimpanzees, Darwin critics, Darwinists, fossil record, Günter Bechly, hominins, homoplasy, human locomotion, human origins, humans, ID the Future, knuckle-walking, last common ancestor, Miocene apes, rewriting, Sahelanthropus, Science (journal), Sergio Almécija, tree-climbing}

#4 Story of 2021: Human Origins Research Is a Big Mess

_{Günter Bechly
December 29, 2021

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

7}

Considering the number of fossils attributed to the human lineage, an absence of such fossils for the great African ape lineages raises an obvious suspicion. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 19, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Museum of Natural History, AMNH, bust, Columbia University, Darwinian biology, Darwinian racism, eugenics, evolution, Henry Fairfield Obsorn, history, Homo sapiens, Human Zoos, melting pot, New York City, non-whites, racial intermarriage, Racism, scientific racism, statues, Theodore Roosevelt, wall inscription}

American Museum of Natural History Cancels Teddy Roosevelt; Keeps Bust of Racist Director?

_{John G. West
July 19, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution, Zoology

5}

Henry Fairfield Osborn was also a scientific racist who championed eugenics, the horrific crusade to breed a superior human race based on Darwinian biology. Read More ›

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Date
June 23, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, birds, Brazil, Colin Patterson, convergence, Darwinism, extinction, fruit, macroevolution, molecular phylogeny, predictions, Science (journal), seeds, speciation, Switzerland}

What Do Biologists Really Know About Macroevolution?

_{Science and Culture
June 23, 2021

Evolution

8}

There lives in biology a great consensus truth that evaporates upon close scrutiny. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 10, 2021

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, Australopithecus afarensis, bipedalism, brain case, chimpanzees, Darwin critics, Darwinists, fossil record, Günter Bechly, hominins, homoplasy, human locomotion, human origins, humans, ID the Future, knuckle-walking, last common ancestor, Miocene apes, rewriting, Sahelanthropus, Science (journal), Sergio Almécija, tree-climbing}

Scientists Conclude: Human Origins Research Is a Big Mess

_{Günter Bechly
May 10, 2021

Human Origins and Anthropology

7}

Considering the number of fossils attributed to the human lineage, an absence of such fossils for the great African ape lineages raises an obvious suspicion. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
March 15, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, Benjamin Wiker, Bruce Chapman, California, Colin Patterson, creationism, Darwin's House of Cards, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, evolution, Expelled (movie), fossil record, From Darwin to Hitler, Gareth Nelson, intelligent design, Internet, Karl Popper, Kathie Johnson, Michael Shermer, Monterey, Nazism, Pajaro Dunes, Phillip E. Johnson, punctuated equilibrium, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, Richard Weikart, Stephen Jay Gould, The American Spectator, The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, Tom Bethell, War Games, Why Darwin Matters}

Our Friend, Tom Bethell

_{Jonathan Wells
March 15, 2021

Evolution

7}

On February 12, 2021, Tom Bethell passed away at the age of 84 after a long illness. Read More ›