Tag: Jane Goodall

Modern open-plan science laboratory with researchers in white coats working at workstations, bright natural light, 4k, Generative AI.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 2, 2026

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, amateurs, anti-science, authoritarianism, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin, climate change, COVID, debate, Department of Health and Human Services, engineers, freedom of inquiry, government, Gregor Mendel, health-care workers, humankind, Jane Goodall, legislation, misinformation, Nature (journal), patients, registration, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., scientific inquiry, scientists, South Africa, Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, transgenderism, vaccine skeptics}

Register Scientists with the Government? Top Journal Says Yes!

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 2, 2026

Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

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It would be a means of controlling who is allowed to “do” science and the ability to determine what can be communicated to the public. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 7, 2024

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Tagged
, algae, birds, chimpanzees, crows, invertebrates, Jane Goodall, Lucy, Max Planck Institute, octopuses, otters, tools}

Who (or What) First Used Tools?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 7, 2024

Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology

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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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Date
December 1, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Science
Tagged
, abstract thinking, academics, Adam and Eve, animal welfare, chimpanzees, Côte D’Ivoire, experts, human beings, humans, Jane Goodall, Politics}

Studying Chimps Is “Politics by Other Means”

_{Science & Culture
December 1, 2022

Evolution, Science

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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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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
May 25, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, Apostle Paul, atheism, Charles Darwin, Evolution News, Francis Collins, intelligent design, Jane Goodall, materialism, Peter Singer, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, Tanzania, Templeton Foundation, The Descent of Man, theism}

Jane Goodall Meets the God Hypothesis

_{Bethel McGrew
May 25, 2021

Bioethics

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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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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 7, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, animals, anthropocentrism, bioethicists, humans, Jane Goodall, medical experiments, mice, misanthropy, monkeys, Nuremberg Code, rats, reduction}

Rats Are People, Too!

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 7, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Medicine, Philosophy

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A philosopher and a bioethicist want a “Jane Goodall” to come forward as “an ambassador for rats.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 17, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __edited, animal rights, animal welfare, bonobos, chimpanzees, currency, Eugene M. Fahey, genocide, habeas corpus, Holocaust, hominins, Human Evolution (journal), human rights, inflation, Jane Goodall, National Institutes of Health, New York Court of Appeals, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood}

Chimpanzee Liberation? Why Animal Rights and Human Rights Cannot Coexist

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 17, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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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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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 23, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, __cedited, adaptation, Africa, apes, atheism, BBC, bonobos, chimpanzees, Christians, church, Darwinism, Easter, Eucharist, evolution, great apes, humans, Jane Goodall, jesus, last common ancestor, Mass, materialists, meals, monkeys, neocortex, On the Origin of Species, religion, savannah}

How Did Religion “Evolve”?

_{Michael Egnor
April 23, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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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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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
September 18, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Psychology
Tagged
, __cedited, animals, beauty, brain, C.S. Lewis, chimpanzees, consciousness, Darwinian evolution, David Premack, emotions, Jane Goodall, love, mastodons, nerve cells, perception, poetry, rational thought, soul, University of Pennsylvania}

Beyond Adaptation: The Human Brain Is Something New

_{Ann Gauger
September 18, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Psychology

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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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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 15, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Faith & Science
Psychology
Scientific Freedom
Social Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, __video-unavailable, Bible, Christopher Hitchens, David Klinghoffer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Globe and Mail, H.L. Mencken, Jane Goodall, Jordan Peterson, post-modernism, Richard Rorty, Scopes Monkey Trial, Third Reich, Twitter, University of Toronto}

Jordan Peterson — Do the Stitches Hold?

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 15, 2018

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Faith & Science, Psychology, Scientific Freedom, Social Sciences

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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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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 19, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, __cedited, anthropomorphism, chimpanzees, dolphins, industry, Jane Goodall, Neanderthals, science}

No, Dolphins Could Not Create Our Technology

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 19, 2017

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Technology

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