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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 13, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, chimp genome, chimpanzees, common ancestry, common design, computer programmers, Discovery Institute, Donald Trump, Evolution News, geneticists, human genome, humans, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), signage, Smithsonian Institution, Supplemental Data, taxpayers, University of Washington}

Challenged on the “1 Percent” Myth, Smithsonian Gives a Meaningless Non-Answer

_{David Klinghoffer
June 13, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Note to President Trump: I find this pretty disrespectful to the people who pay the bills at the Smithsonian. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), chimpanzees, common ancestry, DNA, evolution, gap differences, genetic difference, genetic similarity, genome, human exceptionalism, human origins, humans, intelligent design, junk DNA, Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), Smithsonian Institution, waiting-time problem}

What’s the Best Explanation for Human-Chimp Genetic Differences?

_{Casey Luskin
May 23, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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We have broken a major story about a recently published study showing that the human and chimp genomes are 14.0 percent to 14.9 percent different. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 20, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __trending, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), burying the lede, chimpanzees, common ancestry, David Klinghoffer, DNA, gap difference, genomes, human exceptionalism, humans, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Kevin Williamson, Museum of Natural History, National Review, Nature (journal), science journalism, Smithsonian Institution, statistics, Supplementary Data, zombies}

Bombshell: New Research Overturns Claim that Humans and Chimps Differ by Only 1 Percent of DNA

_{Casey Luskin
May 20, 2025

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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This finding should be major news in the science world, yet those involved don’t seem interested in highlighting the discovery. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 19, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, ancestral species, Avalon explosion, bacteria, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, common ancestry, genes, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, mammals, paleontologists, placental mammals, podcast, protein folds, Sarah Chaffee, Stephen Meyer, Triassic explosion}

Günter Bechly on Life’s Sudden Information Explosions

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 19, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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“There’s no reasonable way,” Bechly concludes, “to get from bacteria to mammals via evolutionary processes.” Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 10, 2024

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", Biomimetics, common ancestry, constraints, engineers, evolution, evolutionary biologists, humans, integration, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, miniaturization, movement, multifunctionality, Research, robotics, vertebrate limbs, wrist}

New Research: Stuart Burgess Demonstrates the Exquisite Engineering of Human Limbs

_{Brian Miller
October 10, 2024

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Burgess’s research represents yet another nail in the coffin of the standard evolutionary model. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 6, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, common ancestry, environmental conditions, evolution, evolutionary change, fitness landscapes, mutations, paleobiology, population, robotics, Stuart Burgess, vertebrate limbs}

Fitness Landscapes Demonstrate Perfection in Vertebrate Limbs Resulted from Intelligent Design

_{Brian Miller
September 6, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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These observations present two dire challenges to undirected evolutionary models. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, birds, body plans, common ancestry, computers, David Coppedge, Emily Reeves, evolution, genes, homologies, intelligent design, mammals, programming, Stuart Burgess, vertebrate limbs, vertebrates}

Developmental Biology of Vertebrate Skeletons Shows Similarities are Better Explained by Design

_{Brian Miller
September 5, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionists assume that the traits they classify as homologous share similarities due to their having evolved from a common ancestor. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 4, 2024

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, BIO-Complexity, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Biomimetics, birds, common ancestry, common design, coordinated mutations, Darwinian assumptions, evolution, Flight, humans, intelligent design, presuppositions, Stuart Burgess, vertebrate limbs, whale evolution, whales}

Similarities Between Vertebrate Limbs Are Best Explained Not by Common Ancestry but by Design

_{Brian Miller
September 4, 2024

Anatomy, Intelligent Design

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The challenge is particularly daunting in the case of whales. The flipper differs in almost every respect from that of its proposed terrestrial ancestor. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 18, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, astrobiology, bacteria, Canada, cell division, common ancestry, common design, DNA replication, eukaryotes, fossil record, genetic code, genomes, Greenland, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, Nature Ecology and Evolution, prokaryotes, Ribosome, ScienceAlert, Stephen Jay Gould}

Study Finds Life’s Origin “Required a Surprisingly Short Interval of Geologic Time”

_{Casey Luskin
July 18, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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It’s certainly not impossible that life was already present on Earth at 4.2 Ga. And if it were true it would have intriguing implications. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 25, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, common ancestry, common design, evolution, evolutionary theory, genetic code, genomes, green algae, intelligent design, mitochondria, mutations, phylogeny, Winston Ewert}

New Paper Argues that Variant Genetic Codes Are Best Explained by Common Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 25, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A popular argument for a universal common ancestor is the near-universality of the conventional genetic code. Read More ›