Tag: bonobos

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 5, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Bantu, bonobos, Chiara De Gregorio, chimpanzees, Communications Biology, DuckDuckGo, English, French Academy, Genesis, gorillas, great apes, human speech, humans, intelligent design, isochrony, Japanese, laughter, metronome, Nature (journal), orangutans, origin of language, primates, Shigeru Miyagawa, University of Warwick, Why Agree? Why Move?, ZME Science}

Speech, Laughter, and Intelligent Design

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 5, 2026

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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A widely publicized thesis around ape and human laughter falls so woefully short that it forces an evaluation of other possibilities. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Australopithecus, bonobos, Cell Genomics, cells, chimps, Chromosomal Fusion, chromosomes, functional advantage, fusion site, genes, genome, gorillas, human chromosomal fusion, human chromosome 2, human tissues, humans, incomplete lineage sorting, neural development, phylogenetic conflicts, phylogenetic incongruity, phylogenetic tree, phylogeny, speciation, transcription}

Supposed Fusion Site Contains Expressed Genes, Likely Influences Neural Development

_{Casey Luskin
February 16, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Human chromosomal fusion has often been cited as strong evidence supporting human-ape common ancestry. It’s not. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 25, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Andrew McDiarmid, bonobos, Bornean orangutans, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, DNA, genetics, genomes, gorillas, humans, junk DNA, Nature (journal), Pan paniscus, reality, Research, siamangs, Smithsonian Institution, statistics, Sumatran orangutans}

Why Is the 1 Percent Myth So Beloved?

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 25, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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When a belief conflicts with common sense present-day reality, it is usually upholding an irrational value. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, 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, siamangs, Smithsonian Institution, 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
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 19, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal behavior, apes, awareness, bonobos, cats, Dogs, humans, Johns Hopkins University, Neurologica, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, puppy, Scientific American, Smithsonian Magazine, Steven Novella, theory of mind, ZME Science}

As a Cudgel Against Human Exceptionalism, Researchers Push for Bonobo “Theory of Mind”

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 19, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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Is it true that “recognizing when someone else lacks information” has been thought to be a distinctly human trait? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 9, 2025

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, animal intelligence, animals, babies, Big Bang, bonobos, cats, children, counting, Dogs, intelligence, kittens, Live Science, neuroscience, numbers, pets, puppies, Stanley Coren, Stonehenge, University of British Columbia}

Dog Versus Baby Intelligence: A Comparison

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 9, 2025

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

5}

It’s an odd question because what we should be asking is, “Are kittens and puppies smarter than babies?” Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
June 21, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, adrenaline, babies, bonobos, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, comedians, Doctor's Diary (series), evolution, exercise, fish, gorillas, human origins, humor, Immune System, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, laughter, oxygenation, rats, Robin Williams, specified complexity, The New England Journal of Medicine, topoisomerases, UCLA, Uranus}

Doctor’s Diary: There’s Nothing Funny About Evolution

_{Geoffrey Simmons
June 21, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Is a sense of humor a byproduct, an accident, or was it installed on purpose? For better health? There definitely seems to be a purpose. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
May 24, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, anthropocentrism, apes, arms, bonobos, dolphins, fire, Galen, hands, Homo floresiensis, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, Judeo-Christian tradition, kinetic energy, knuckle-walkers, orangutan, parrots, ravens, Richard Owen, seals, secular culture, Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Vogel, stone tools, The Miracle of Man, Thomas Huxley}

Man, with His Special Place in Nature, Was Designed to Use Fire

_{Michael Denton
May 24, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Technology

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Only a special type of being very close to our own biological design could have taken the first and vital step to technological enlightenment, fire-making. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 9, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, adoption, animals, bonobos, cats, evolutionary theory, The Conversation}

Across Species, Animal Adoptions Pose an Evolutionary Conundrum

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 9, 2021

Evolution

4}

Animals don’t have reason or moral accountability but there is abundant evidence that mammals and birds have feelings. And feelings often follow their own rules. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 26, 2021

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Ardi, Ardipithecus ramidus, bonobos, chimpanzees, evolution, Germany, hominins, human ancestor, human origins, primates, Rosetta Stone, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Science Advances, The Scientist, University of Tübingen}

Study: Hands of “Ardi” Indicate a Chimp-like Tree-Dweller and Knuckle-Walker

_{Casey Luskin
February 26, 2021

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Initially, Ardi was widely called the “oldest human ancestor,” due to its supposed skeletal traits that indicated an early bipedal (upright walking) species. Read More ›