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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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Photo: A macaque monkey, looking pensive, by Kyla Marino, via Flickr (cropped).

China Genetically Engineering Monkeys to Be More Human

Swell. A few years ago we were promised experiments that would effect the brain would never be done in mice. They were right. Read More ›
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Photo: Monkey House, Bronx Zoo, in 2009, by Michael Gray via Flickr (cropped).

Understatement: According to Current Zoo Director, Caging Man “Shouldn’t Have Happened”

Hammering home the lesson about “our own evolutionary history” was exactly the purpose behind displaying and humiliating an African man with monkeys. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Mikel Ortega from Errenteria, Basque Country, Spain, with a retouche by Richard Bartz. See the original file here. [CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

When Horses Sue

“Animal standing” would open the courts to lawsuits brought by animals. Read More ›
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Photo: Lab rats, by Jason Snyder from Washington, DC, United States [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

We Need the Grim Good of Animal Research

Scientists researching gene therapy as a potential future therapy have succeeded in restoring feeling to paralyzed rats. Read More ›
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Darwin’s Point: No Evidence for Common Ancestry of Humans with Monkeys

The bump was originally discovered by the celebrated British sculptor Thomas Woolner, who informed Charles Darwin about it. Read More ›
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Photo credit: "Dopaminergic neurons derived hrom human iPS cell," by Asuka Morizane, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University.

Ethical Stem Cells Relieve Parkinson’s in Monkeys

The advance of ethical stem cell research continues exponentially. Read More ›
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Explaining Human Mathematical Ability — Three Evolutionary Hypotheses

Humans have many unique cognitive abilities apart from language. Read More ›
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The “Grim Good” of Animal Research

Futuristic medicine is here. A paralyzed man was able to move his own arm using electrodes implanted in his brain and arm. Read More ›

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