Tag: indigenous peoples

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, Adrian Desmond, anti-slavery, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinian racism, Darwinian theory, historical fiction, history of science, ID the Future, indigenous peoples, intelligent design, James Moore, Michael Keas, podcast, Racism, Richard Weikart, Robert Shedinger, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, truth}

Darwin’s Sacred Fiction

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 12, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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A book by Adrian Desmond and James Moore holds that Charles Darwin was significantly motivated in his scientific work by abolitionist sentiments. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 3, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Medicine
Zoology
Tagged
, Aristotle, cats, Cicero, digestion, Dogs, ethology, Galen, grass, indigenous peoples, intelligence, medicinal plants, orangutan, Plutarch, self-medication, Stanford University}

Animals Using Healing Plants? That’s Old News

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 3, 2024

Life Sciences, Medicine, Zoology

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Recently, an orangutan who successfully treated a wound by applying chewed leaves to it touched off a worldwide media event. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 31, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aleš Hrdlička, brains, Darwinian racism, documentary, evolution, evolutionary ladder, human origins, ID the Future, indigenous peoples, John West, Maryland, Michael Medved, podcast, Smithsonian Institution, Washington Post}

Darwin and the Smithsonian’s Racist Brain Collection

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 31, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The motivation for the brain collection was to document how some people were supposedly lower on the evolutionary ladder than others. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
August 17, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aleš Hrdlička, body parts, brains, Czech Republic, Darwinian theory, documentary, evolution, evolutionary racism, Human Zoos, indigenous peoples, National Museum of Natural History, Racism, skeletons, Smithsonian Institution, Social Darwinism, soft tissue, St. Louis World's Fair, Washington Post}

Smithsonian’s Racist Brain Collection Exposed by Washington Post

_{John G. West
August 17, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

3}

These human specimens were collected in large part to dramatize how non-white peoples were supposedly lower on the evolutionary ladder than whites. Read More ›

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Date
March 8, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africans, Charles Darwin, Darwin Comes to Africa, Darwinism, history, ID the Future, indigenous peoples, Olufemi Oluniyi, podcast, Racism, The Descent of Man}

When Darwinian Racism Came to Africa, and to the West

_{Science and Culture
March 8, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

1}

Olufemi Oluniyi details how Darwinism fueled pseudo-scientific racism against Africans and other indigenous peoples outside the West. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 24, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, capitalism, duties, indigenous peoples, National Geographic, nature, nature rights, New Zealand, rights, river, Science (journal), Western civilization}

Teen Vogue, National Geographic Push Nature Rights Further into Mainstream

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 24, 2019

Bioethics

5}

The story gushes that nature rights will restore ancient indigenous wisdom, meaning it will undermine Western civilization. Read More ›

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Date
October 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, alt-right, American Museum of Natural History, Bronx Zoo, David Klinghoffer, documentary, education, eugenics, evolution, forced sterilization, Human Zoos, indigenous peoples, John West, Manhattan, methodology, missing links, Monkey House, New York City, Ota Benga, scientific racism, Social Darwinism, survey, white nationalism}

Survey: Americans Favor Education on Scientific Racism; Call for Famed Zoo, Museum to Apologize

_{Science and Culture
October 10, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Science Education

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“Most Americans realize we need to learn from the past,” said John West, writer and director of the new documentary Human Zoos. “But we can’t learn from the past if we cover it up.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 14, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, African Americans, America, apes, Belgium, Bronx Zoo, Congo, Darwinism, evolution, history, Human Zoos, ID the Future, indigenous peoples, John West, Monkey House, multiplication table, New York Times, Ota Benga, pastors, podcast, pseudoscience, Racism, schools, textbooks}

New Documentary Human Zoos Isn’t Ancient History

_{David Klinghoffer
September 14, 2018

Evolution

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Evolution, the New York Times lectured, is “No more debatable than the multiplication table.” Sound familiar? Read More ›