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Ota Benga
Photo: African pygmy Ota Benga was displayed at the Bronx Zoo in 1906, in support of Darwinian theory, via Wikimedia Commons.

Listen: Q&A with Weikart on Darwinian Racism

What about the objection that Darwinism, properly understood, doesn’t support scientific racism (much less Nazi racism)? Read More ›
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Navigation Ability Crosses Phylum Lines — And That’s a Problem for Evolution

Yes, that is kind of adorable. It took only a few days for the fish to learn to drive. Read More ›
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Photo: Epicurus, in The Louvre, by Sting, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Charles Darwin and the Ghost of Epicurus

Darwinism, when viewed from a philosophical perspective, might more accurately be understood as a late sub-branch of ancient speculative thought. Read More ›
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Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism

Dr. King was critical of the misuse of science to promote racial discrimination, and he spoke against the idea that humans are the products of a blind process. Read More ›
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#10 Story of 2021: On Evolution and Racism, Scientific American Goes to War Against the Truth

Given evolution’s racist baggage, you might think the theory’s proponents would be somewhat abashed to accuse the critics of Darwin of “white supremacy.” Read More ›
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Photo: Pakicetus, by Kevin Guertin from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

To Shave a Cow: Sternberg on Whale Evolution

That evolution, over a span of 11 million years or so, was once hailed as a “poster child” for the confirmation of Darwinian theory. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Giant tiger prawn, by CSIRO, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Evolution and That Shrimp on Your Plate

Explosions of new life forms followed by stasis are emphatically not what evolution expects to find, but it is what paleontologists do find. Read More ›
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New Science Uprising Episode Asks, “Just How Bad Is the Fossil Record for Darwin’s Theory?”

The fossil record is not a good match with Darwinian thinking, but it makes a strong pairing with intelligent design. Read More ›
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Photo: Darwin’s statue, Natural History Museum, by http://www.cgpgrey.com [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design and Natural Theology

How just is the imputation of “neo-creationist” tendencies to members of the intelligent design community? Read More ›
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How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin 

I had once assumed that any opposition to Darwin must necessarily be confined to the ranks of such as Biblical fundamentalists. Read More ›

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