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A group of monkeys on a raft in a river, carrying bunches of bananas.
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In Evolution, Explaining vs. Explaining Away: Rafting Monkeys and More

Says Casey Luskin, "If you're an evolutionist, you have a serious problem. Where do South American monkeys come from?" 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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Science Writing Tries to Smash Human Exceptionalism

Stone tool use among animals versus the Stone Age provides a useful illustration of the tendency. Read More ›
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Photo credit: NASA/Jesse Allen.

There’s a Limit to What Nature Can Do

Nature actually has precious few options for manipulating the natural ingredients (atoms) of this universe. Read More ›
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A Mystery: How Human Languages Came to Exist

Neuroscientists wrestle with human language even more than poets or (for example) English majors do. Read More ›
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Photo: Samango monkey, by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

How “Junk” DNA Got Its Function: Evolutionary Tales Fail to Convince

Earlier this year there was a flurry of stories about how “junk DNA” may explain why humans don’t have tails. Read More ›
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I Grew Up with Intelligent Design Videos — Let’s Make More!

The scientific rigor and common sense in the CSC videos I watched as a child taught me to recognize media hype about evolution for what it is. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Noel Feans, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: Stone Huts, Homo habilis, and Gutsick Gibbon

A PhD student of biological anthropology named Erika runs one of the more popular anti-creationist YouTube channels under her pseudonym Gutsick Gibbon. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Tiago Falótico, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

War on Human Exceptionalism Turns to Tool Use

As the academic war on human exceptionalism motors on, researchers’ thinking sometimes shorts out — and they don’t even notice. Read More ›
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Animal-Rights Philosopher, Published by Oxford University Press: “Let Animals Vote!”

If you want to see what is going so badly wrong in society, read the professional and intellectual journals. Read More ›

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