Tag: chimpanzees | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 20, 2025

Categories
Genetics
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, American history, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, curator, Dogs, human exceptionalism, human origins, human race, humans, humility, National Museum of Natural History, National Zoo, Nature (journal), non-whites, pride, property, rationality, Sean McDowell, self-hatred, Smithsonian Institution, Trump Administration, Wall Street Journal, whiteness, woke ideology}

Smithsonian Denigrates by Race, Including the Human Race

_{David Klinghoffer
August 20, 2025

Genetics, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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I have not yet heard that the Trump Administration is looking at what the NMNH says about human origins. But reforming the Smithsonian requires it. Read More ›

double exposure man's face from the side and jungle with ape swinging, collage on black

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, America, animals, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, footnotes, human origins, humans, New York Post, radicalism, science education, Smithsonian Institution, The New Criterion, Trump Administration, wokeness}

Hey Smithsonian, Make Humans Exceptional Again

_{David Klinghoffer
August 15, 2025

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Denying human exceptionalism is intended to make human visitors to the museum feel animal-like and without special dignity. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 13, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, Georgetown University, human exceptionalism, human origins, misinformation, museums, National Museum of Natural History, New York Post, npr, pre-human ancestors, professionals, Smithsonian Institution, taxpayers, Trump Administration, trust, White House}

Are We Calling on the Smithsonian to Fix Errors Just to Be Mean?

_{David Klinghoffer
August 13, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

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The errors and biased oversimplifications of scholarly material all run in one direction: to persuade visitors that humans aren’t exceptional beings in nature. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Psychology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, animals, apes, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, cruelty, Dogs, Donald Trump, Ernest Hemingway, gorillas, human exceptionalism, human origins, humans, Journal of Human Evolution, Lucy, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), New York Post, paleoanthropologists, people, psychology, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Smithsonian Institution, wokeness}

Luskin in the NY Post Calls Out Smithsonian on Human Origins

_{David Klinghoffer
July 28, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Psychology

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The museum misinforms visitors about how humans are so very, very close to non-human creatures. Equating humans with non-humans isn't humane. It's the opposite. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 25, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, accountability, brain, Bruce Chapman, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, chimpanzees, culture, Denyse O'Leary, Donald Trump, evolution, evolutionists, Executive Order, Federal Government, healing, homelessness, Housing First, humans, intelligent design, Jonathan Choe, journalism, Michael Egnor, Michael Levin, Michael Medved, mind, near-death experiences, Plato’s Revenge, public policy, Richard Sternberg, soul, The Immortal Mind, The Varieties of Religious Experience, treatment, William James}

Homelessness, Intelligent Design, and the Unseen Realm

_{David Klinghoffer
July 25, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Compared with previous approaches, the new Executive Order reflects a fundamentally different picture of reality. What should we call it? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 24, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, common ancestor, common ancestry, Creation Myths, Daniel Stern Cardinale, DNA, Erika DeBenedictis, evolution, gap divergence, genetic similarity, gorillas, Gutsick Gibbon, human origins, humans, intelligent design, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Trump Administration, YouTube videos}

As Luskin Debunks 1 Percent Myth, Evolutionists Fire Wildly in Response

_{David Klinghoffer
July 24, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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The myth matters because a toxic lie being advanced in our culture denies the exceptional status of human beings in nature. Many evils follow from that denial. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 22, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, brains, chimpanzees, Darwinian assumptions, humans, intelligence, mice, moral choice, nature, Nautilus, neurons, octopuses, pain, primates, reason, researchers, rodents, self-awareness}

On Fish Intelligence, We’re Misled by Darwinian Assumptions

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 22, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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The world of life is full of intelligence. Its intensity varies not with distance from the supposedly accidental human but with the life form’s need for it. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), chimpanzees, Chimps and Critics (series), common ancestry, common design, creationists, Discovery Institute, evolution, evolutionary biology, genetic differences, genetic similarities, genetic variations, geologists, humans, Institute for Creation Research, intelligent design, Joel Duff, Jonathan Wells, National Museum of Natural History, persistent scientific errors, PZ Myers, Smithsonian Institution, University of Akron, University of Minnesota, YouTube videos, Zachary Ardern, zombies}

On Human-Chimp Genetic Differences, the Critics Misstate My Arguments

_{Casey Luskin
June 30, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Evolution defenders generally accept the new evidence showing that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different but downplay the new number. Read More ›

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Date
June 27, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Allan CP, animals, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, Douglas Axe, evolution, faith and science, homeschool students, human exceptionalism, humans, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, origin of life, parents, Paul Nelson, Robert J. Marks, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer, The Science Dilemma, Thomas Woodward, William A. Dembski, young people}

Watch: Casey Luskin Debunks the “1 Percent” Myth

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June 27, 2025

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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On a new podcast, Dr. Luskin explains the science that refutes the myth about humans and chimpanzees being separated by a genetic distance of just 1 percent. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 26, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), Amazon, chimpanzees, Chimps and Critics (series), common ancestry, DNA, Financial Times, function, genetic difference, genetics, genomes, human exceptionalism, humans, Joel Duff, junk DNA, Nature Communications, Nucleic Acids Research, nucleotides, objections, reactions, repetitive DNA, Science (journal), Smithsonian Institution, University of Chicago Press, Zachary Ardern}

Critics Change the Topic: Do Human-Human Genetic Differences Matter?

_{Casey Luskin
June 26, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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One of the common yet unexpected reactions from critics to the discovery that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different is to change the topic. Read More ›