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Asian newborn baby sleeping in blanket on bed

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 11, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, Australians, babies, birth, chimpanzees, dignity, fetuses, human life, illness, infanticide, injury, Michael Schiavo, newborn babies, Poland, quality of life, senators, Terri Schiavo, zebrafish}

Bioethicist Asks, “Does Birth Matter?” Answers, “No”

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 11, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

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In our current episode of let’s-allow-baby-killing, an Australian bioethicist named Walter Veit comes to the defense of infanticide. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 2, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, apes, birds, chimpanzees, cockatoo, golf, intelligence, invertebrates, mammals, New Caledonian crows, New Zealand, octopuses, Smithsonian Magazine, University of Birmingham, vertebrates, walnut}

The Remarkable Things We’re Learning About Bird Intelligence

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 2, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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These findings are only among birds that have actually been studied; most birds have not been studied for intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, cats, chimpanzees, common design, DNA, DNA polymerases, embryos, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary transitions, fossil record, genes, genomes, homology, horses, humans, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Khan Academy, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, phylogenetic trees, proteins, Richard Dawkins, students, teachers, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Tree of Life, Zombie Science (book)}

Khan Academy Misleads with Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity Argument for Common Ancestry

_{Casey Luskin
February 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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The video compares humans and chimps, saying the latter’s behaviors and facial expressions are “eerily human.” I could say the same thing about my cat. 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

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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
Casey Luskin

Date
November 23, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger, Annual Review of Genetics, apes, BioEssays, BioLogos, chimpanzees, Christianity, common ancestry, CRISPR, Dennis Venema, Evangelicals, evolution, evolutionary theory, functionality, Genealogical Adam and Eve, gorillas, hominids, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), intelligent design, Jesus Christ, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, macaques, methodological naturalism, Nature (journal), Nature Reviews Genetics, Ola Hössjer, Paul Nelson, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pseudogenes, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), RNA (journal), S. Joshua Swamidass, Science Signaling, Springer, Theist Evolution, theology, William Lane Craig}

Lessons Not Learned from the Evangelical Debate over Adam and Eve

_{Casey Luskin
November 23, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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To his credit, William Lane Craig is among those evangelicals who have been willing to question arguments against Adam and Eve. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 18, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, chimpanzees, corporations, crime, elephants, Eugene M. Fahey, lawsuit, morality, New York State, Nonhuman Rights Project, Pachamama, persons, The Atlantic}

Elephants Are Better “Persons” Than People!

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 18, 2021

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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This misanthropic drive among the elites to is not only wrongheaded, it is dangerous. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 12, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Aeon, Annual Review of Anthropology, Bernard Wood, brain size, chimpanzees, Denisovans, DNA, Donald Johanson, evolution, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Lucy, Mark Collard, Middle Pleistocene, most recent common ancestor, Neanderthals, pseudogenes, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), total energy expenditure, William Lane Craig}

Traditional or Not? Assessing William Lane Craig’s Model on Adam and Eve

_{Casey Luskin
November 12, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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I’m having trouble making sense of exactly what his model holds. And it seems I’m not alone. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
October 22, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cars, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, common ancestor, Elon Musk, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary tree, Francis Collins, Genome Research, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, historical sciences, intelligent design, junk DNA, Matti Leisola, Science and Human Origins, Stephen Meyer, Tesla, University of Cambridge}

Forbidden Question: Common Descent or Common Design?

_{Jonathan Witt
October 22, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Think of cars. A Tesla and a Cadillac share many features — but of course, none of that means that Teslas blindly evolved from Cadillacs, or vice versa. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 20, 2021

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Ann Gauger, Bill Nye, chimpanzees, Colin Reeves, common ancestry, Dennis Venema, DNA, evolution, Frontiers in Genetics, gene regulatory networks, genome, Genome Biology and Evolution, humans, intelligent design, junk DNA, Nature (journal), non-coding DNA, Ola Hössjer, pseudogenes, Richard Buggs, Science (journal), Theistic Evolution (book)}

Human-Chimp Similarity: What Is It and What Does It Mean?

_{Casey Luskin
October 20, 2021

Anatomy, Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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For years we’ve been told that human and chimp DNA is some 99 percent identical. Is that true? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 13, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, animals, apes, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, evolution, fossil record, human evolution, human origins, humans, Jonathan Wells, monkeys, Science Uprising, YouTube videos}

Monkey Bias: New Science Uprising Episode Out Now!

_{David Klinghoffer
October 13, 2021

Bioethics, Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Properly considered, we are told, human beings are just a species of chimpanzee anyway. Read More ›