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Memo to the Smithsonian

We are trying to bring some reasonable pressure to bear on the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and its scientifically inaccurate displays. Read More ›
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Do Large Genetic Differences Between Humans and Chimps Represent “Technical Failures”? 

The insinuation is that something went wrong in the lab during the attempted alignment process. Read More ›
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Monkey Men: The Fables That Inspired Evolutionary Theory

“For, that there are men with tails,” wrote Lord Monboddo, “…is a fact so well attested that I think it cannot be doubted.” Read More ›
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Critics Struggle with Evidence Humans and Chimps Are 15 Percent Genetically Different

Before we dive into what critics are saying, I want to note that good authorities have come to similar numerical conclusions as I did. Read More ›
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UN Pushes Nature Rights

The United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights stated in a recent speech at Oxford University that nature rights are equivalent to human rights. Read More ›
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Challenged on the “1 Percent” Myth, Smithsonian Gives a Meaningless Non-Answer

Note to President Trump: I find this pretty disrespectful to the people who pay the bills at the Smithsonian. Read More ›
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Evolution and Common-Sense Reasoning 

The equations of quantum mechanics do not describe exactly — even in theory — the effects of the fundamental forces on the fundamental particles of physics. 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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Additional Method of Analysis Confirms Human-Chimp Genomes Are About 15 Percent Different

This number is only looking at the non-sex chromosomes. When you look at the sex chromosomes, the differences seem to be even greater. Read More ›
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Immaterial Genome Meets the Human-Chimp “1 Percent” Myth

Obviously, humans and chimps are a whole lot more “different” than 1 percent. But…they’re also a lot more different than 14.9 percent. Read More ›

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