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Privacy in Human Intimacy Isn’t About Evolution

We transcend the strictly material forces that spur natural selection. We, alone in the known universe, are moral beings. Read More ›
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New York Museum Benefited from African Genocide

As of 2018, the skulls were still housed in the AMNH’s collections, although the museum allowed a delegation of a dozen Hereros to view the remains. Read More ›
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Science Says: Evolution Explains the Appeal of Baby Yoda

The problem is that you could just as easily say that babies were designed to attract care, as adults were designed to care for them. Read More ›
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Slate on Evolution’s “Third Way”: The Sound of a Glacier Melting

I’m interested in “science as a cultural domain,” too. And here’s a great illustration of how the culture changes. Read More ›
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Human Zoos and a Cruel Past: A Visit to Washington University

Take a look inside the university’s Cupples Hall where, down in the basement, psychological tests, “including pain testing,” were conducted on evolutionary “missing links.” Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and Its Anthropology

Darwinian evolution and intelligent design are competing theories of biological origins, but they are more than that. Read More ›
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An Evolutionary Guide to Paying on Dates

It must be hard for young daters to follow. It’s an even bigger challenge to square with Darwin’s theory. Read More ›
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Olasky at Discovery Institute: Intelligent Design and the Anthropology of Homelessness

What’s the pivot that turns us toward more traditional solutions, versus the wrongly named “progressive” ones? Read More ›
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On the History of Darwinism, Scientific Racism, and Hitler, Is Steven Pinker Objective?

Pinker is right that we should formulate our ideas based on evidence, not bias and preconceptions. Read More ›

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