ElephasmaximusBandipur Type post Author Granville Sewell Date June 2, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignPaleontology Tagged , A Biologist’s View, African elephants, Asian elephants, Bible, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, chimps, classes, computers, creations, Darwinism, designs, evolution, Evolution after Darwin, explosions, fossil record, Genesis, George Gaylord Simpson, Gorilla gorilla, Günter Bechly, Homo sapiens, human exceptionalism, humans, intelligent design, Jean Rostand, orders, Pan paniscus, phyla, software, species pair problem, theists, TimeTree.org, University of Chicago Press Günter Bechly and the “Species Pair” Problem Granville Sewell June 2, 2026 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology 7 Asian elephants (like the one at the top of this page) and their African counterparts apparently diverged about 8 million years ago. Read More ›
2560px-SmithsonianInstitutionNationalMuseumofNaturalHi Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 27, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionHuman ExceptionalismHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, DNA, evolution, gap divergence, genetic code, genetic difference, genomes, Gorilla gorilla, gorillas, human exceptionalism, human origins, humans, intelligent design, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), orangutans, Pan troglodytes, Pongo abelii, primates, Progressive Cactus, signage, Smithsonian Institution, Supplemental Data, University of Johannesburg Letter to the Smithsonian Casey Luskin May 27, 2025 Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology 9 Unfortunately, the 1 percent myth is promulgated as fact at, among other places, the nation's own Smithsonian Institution. 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 ›
