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Photo: Neanderthal tools, by Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Who (or What) First Used Tools?

It’s not stone tool use that is exclusive to humans; vultures can do that too. It’s the ability to form abstract ideas. Read More ›
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Studying Chimps Is “Politics by Other Means”

A recent book in which chimpanzee experts reflect on their work tells us a good deal about the chimpanzee expert world. Read More ›
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Jane Goodall Meets the God Hypothesis

Goodall proves that rejecting materialism is not the end of the story. Even opening up the floor for intelligent design is not the end of the story. Read More ›
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Rats Are People, Too!

A philosopher and a bioethicist want a “Jane Goodall” to come forward as “an ambassador for rats.” Read More ›
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Chimpanzee Liberation? Why Animal Rights and Human Rights Cannot Coexist

A “manifesto” in the science journal Human Evolution declares that chimpanzees and bonobos should be considered legal “persons” with legally enforceable “rights.” Read More ›
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How Did Religion “Evolve”?

It’s telling that one kind of evolution always seems to be missing from these “theories” about the evolutionary origins of religion. Read More ›
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Beyond Adaptation: The Human Brain Is Something New

Our brains have vastly more ability than is needed for survival, most notably the capacity for language and abstract thought. Read More ›
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Jordan Peterson — Do the Stitches Hold?

The modern heretic and YouTube sensation seeks to meld clinical and evolutionary psychology with Jung, Nietzsche, and the Bible. Read More ›
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No, Dolphins Could Not Create Our Technology

These days, it is sometimes difficult to discern where “science” ends and ideology begins. Read More ›

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