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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
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Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

apes

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Photo: A scene from Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, via YouTube (screenshot).
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Author
Peter Biles
Date
May 11, 2024
Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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An Ape with Evolution on His Mind

Peter Biles
May 11, 2024
Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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“Are you familiar with the concept of evolution?” asks the ape leader who is bent on raising himself to the level of the human. Read More ›
chimp
Image source: YouTube.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 17, 2023
Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
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When a Child and a Chimp Were Raised Together

Denyse O’Leary
October 17, 2023
Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind
5
When their son was ten months old, a psychologist couple decided to raise him alongside a baby female chimpanzee, for research purposes. Read More ›
chimp
Photo credit: Rishi Ragunathan, via Unsplash.
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Author
David Berlinski
Date
June 19, 2023
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Good as Gould? Ask a Chimp

David Berlinski
June 19, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology
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No distinction in kind rather than degree between ourselves and the chimps? No distinction? Seriously, folks? Read More ›
Charles Darwin statue
Charles Darwin statue
Photo: Darwin statute at the Natural History Museum, by Alan Perestrello, via Flickr (cropped).
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Author
Olufemi Oluniyi
Date
March 6, 2023
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Bioethics
Evolution
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Darwin’s Contribution to Racial Extermination

Olufemi Oluniyi
March 6, 2023
Bioethics, Evolution
5
These men and others argued that the logical extrapolation of Darwin’s theory was the extermination of their fellow humans in the name of evolutionary progress!  Read More ›
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octopus
Photo: California two-spot octopus, by Tom Kleindinst via Marine Biological Laboratory.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
December 9, 2022
Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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MicroRNAs: A New Clue About Octopus Intelligence?

Denyse O’Leary
December 9, 2022
Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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While octopus brains are very different from vertebrate brains, they share with vertebrates, a huge number of microRNAs. Read More ›
mechanical brain
Image source: aytuguluturk via Pixabay.
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Date
November 20, 2022
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Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
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Evolution of Human Consciousness Solved! — Yet Again

Science & Culture
November 20, 2022
Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind
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What does the term “evolution” contribute to the discussion of the origin of human consciousness? Read More ›
homo erectus
human origins
Photo: Skull fragment, Homo erectus, by Commie cretan (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
October 24, 2022
Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Do Fossils Demonstrate Human Evolution? Let’s Consider the Technical Literature

Casey Luskin
October 24, 2022
Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
5
Far from “a nice clean example” of “gradualistic evolutionary change” that has “no gaps,” the fossil record shows a dramatic discontinuity. Read More ›
Darwinius
Photo: Darwinius marsillae, Franzen et al. 2009, via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
September 23, 2022
Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Darwinius, or How Wishful Thinking Makes a Missing Link

Günter Bechly
September 23, 2022
Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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The media campaign lead to headlines that were not content with calling the fossil a missing link but simply “THE link” or “the eighth wonder of the world.” Read More ›
red
Photo credit: Luis Paico via Unsplash.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 8, 2022
Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Philosophy
Science
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Can Red Have “Redness” if No Self Perceives It?

Denyse O’Leary
September 8, 2022
Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life, Philosophy, Science
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Is not the fact that we are having these discussions the best available evidence that we are not “just overgrown apes or undergrown apes”? Read More ›
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Photo credit: Jannik - JWDShots on Unsplash.
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
August 18, 2022
Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Language: Darwin’s Eternal Mystery

Neil Thomas
August 18, 2022
Cosmology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind
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A whole host of “certified geniuses” have failed to crack the human language problem, and this must count as a blow to Darwinian ideas of evolution. Read More ›

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