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In Science, the Rising Power of Private Truth

Many people experience a vast liberation when they are freed from the constraints of logic, reason, and evidence. Read More ›
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David Berlinski on Human-Chimp Differences, Human Origins, Origin of Life, and More

He challenges Stephen Jay Gould’s idea that the difference between humans and chimps is merely one of degree but not kind, calling this “utterly ridiculous.” Read More ›
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Smithsonian Denigrates by Race, Including the Human Race

I have not yet heard that the Trump Administration is looking at what the NMNH says about human origins. But reforming the Smithsonian requires it. Read More ›
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Hey Smithsonian, Make Humans Exceptional Again

Denying human exceptionalism is intended to make human visitors to the museum feel animal-like and without special dignity. Read More ›
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Are We Calling on the Smithsonian to Fix Errors Just to Be Mean?

The errors and biased oversimplifications of scholarly material all run in one direction: to persuade visitors that humans aren’t exceptional beings in nature. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin Calls on the Smithsonian to Get It Right on Human Origins

The Smithsonian Institution has recently been called out by the Trump Administration for pushing “one-sided, divisive political narratives.” Read More ›
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Luskin in the NY Post Calls Out Smithsonian on Human Origins

The museum misinforms visitors about how humans are so very, very close to non-human creatures. Equating humans with non-humans isn't humane. It's the opposite. Read More ›
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As Luskin Debunks 1 Percent Myth, Evolutionists Fire Wildly in Response

The myth matters because a toxic lie being advanced in our culture denies the exceptional status of human beings in nature. Many evils follow from that denial. Read More ›
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Letter to the Smithsonian

Unfortunately, the 1 percent myth is promulgated as fact at, among other places, the nation's own Smithsonian Institution. Read More ›
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What’s the Best Explanation for Human-Chimp Genetic Differences? 

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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