seattle-fireworks-stockpack-adobe-stock-320771998-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Casey Luskin Date January 1, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionHuman ExceptionalismHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , 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 Happy New Year! No. 1 Story for 2025: Bombshell Overturns Myth of 1 Percent Difference Casey Luskin January 1, 2026 Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology 7 This finding should be major news in the science world, yet those involved don’t seem interested in highlighting the discovery. Read More ›
ape-double-jungle-city-14 Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 21, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and AnthropologyScience 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 14 I suspect that this radical finding has implications — for human exceptionalism and more — that people will be discussing for a long time. Read More ›
2001-chimp-obelisk-2400x1345 Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 20, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionHuman ExceptionalismHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , 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 7 This finding should be major news in the science world, yet those involved don’t seem interested in highlighting the discovery. Read More ›
