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New Paper: Giraffe Fossil Record Defies Neo-Darwinism

Results have been obtained in definite contrast to the expectations of the neo-Darwinian theory. Read More ›
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Anthropomorphic chimp dressed in a suit like a businessman. business concept. AI generated, human enhanced
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On Human-Chimp Genetic (Dis)Similarity, Give Credit Where Credit Is Due

Would anyone know that the 1 percent icon has finally fallen, if we hadn't broken the story? It seems not. Read More ›
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Hannah Arendt and Stockholm Syndrome

Will Spencer talked with John West about his book on the coopting of Christian leaders. Read More ›
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Biologist Michael Levin Is at It Again, Now Pushing at the Mind-Brain Equation

When caterpillars are in their chrysalises, their brains physically dissolve (along with the rest of their bodies) and are rebuilt as butterfly brains. Read More ›
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Photo: Einstein and Lemaître in the street, Pasadena, CA, January 1932. AP. Photographer unknown.

When Einstein Met Lemaître

Einstein’s response shows the same unwillingness to change his position: he accepted the mathematics, but not a physically expanding universe. Read More ›
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Top Five Questions on the Origin of Language — Answered!

We aren’t even sure which is the world’s oldest spoken language, though Hebrew, Arabic, and Chinese have impressively long histories. Read More ›
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Darwinian Influences on the Alt-Right

The overlapping categories of neo-Nazis, white nationalists, and alt-right proponents regularly invoke Darwinism. Read More ›
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Natural Selection: A Conceptually Incoherent Term

As a schoolboy I remember being told that the surest way of finding out if any given English proposition made sense or not was to try to translate it into Latin, French, or German. Read More ›
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In a New Book, Longtime Agnostic Dumps Darwin

Critics of intelligent design will have a hard time maligning Neil Thomas as a “creationist in a cheap tuxedo.” Read More ›
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Photo: Wolf-Ekkehard and wife and dog in his back yard in Köln, by Granville Sewell.

Intelligent Design, Ahead of Its Time: More on W. E. Lönnig’s 1971 Thesis

In his youth, Dr. Lönnig bravely opposed dogma that was almost universally accepted and perilous to question. Read More ›

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