Tag: museums

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 13, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, art historians, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, Georgetown University, human exceptionalism, human origins, interference, Lisa Strong, Michel Martin, misinformation, museums, National Museum of Natural History, New York Post, npr, pre-human ancestors, professionals, Smithsonian Institution, taxpayers, Trump Administration, trust, White House}

Are We Calling on the Smithsonian to Fix Errors Just to Be Mean?

_{David Klinghoffer
August 13, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

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The errors and biased oversimplifications of scholarly material all run in one direction: to persuade visitors that humans aren’t exceptional beings in nature. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 22, 2025

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, American Humanist Association, anti-American propaganda, Bill Nye, chimpanzees, Daily Wire, disinformation, Donald Trump, genetic difference, Heritage Foundation, human beings, human exceptionalism, humans, ideology, Lonnie Bunch, Mike Gonzalez, museums, National Gallery of Art, National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Museum of American History, National Museum of Natural History, organisms, Plato's Revenge, Smithsonian Institution, Trump Administration}

Memo to the Smithsonian

_{David Klinghoffer
June 22, 2025

Cultural Anthropology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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We are trying to bring some reasonable pressure to bear on the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and its scientifically inaccurate displays. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 2, 2023

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, African Savannah, behavior, cathedrals, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian evolution, David Barash, environment of evolutionary adaptedness, evo psych, evolution, evolutionary psychology, genes, human origins, humans, intelligent design, just-so stories, Moon, museums, music, Oskar Schindler, Philip Skell, Pleistocene, Richard Dawkins, Subrena Smith, survival machines, The Descent of Man, Victorian England}

Is Human Psychology Better Explained by Evolution or Design?

_{Casey Luskin
March 2, 2023

Arts, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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“We are survival machines,” wrote atheist biologist Richard Dawkins, “robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.” Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
June 24, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, brain, Cesare Lombroso, Charles Darwin, crime, criminal justice, criminals, criminologists, criminology, Darwin Day in America, evolution, heredity, human rights, Italy, museums, phrenology, prisoners, skeleton, skulls, Social Darwinism, Turin}

In the Footsteps of Social Darwinist Cesare Lombroso

_{John G. West
June 24, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution

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Lombroso’s ideas were quack science. But they were taken seriously by criminologists and public officials around the world until they were debunked. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 9, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, abrupt appearance, Archaeopteryx, Bavaria, body plans, Darwinian theory, evolution, fossil record, Germany, gradual development, intelligent design, Late Triassic, museums, nests, predictions, pterosaurs, sea floor, transitional fossils}

Rare Fossil Preserves a Moment of Deadly Battle — And Recalls a Problem for Darwin

_{Günter Bechly
June 9, 2022

Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Pterosaurs appear abruptly in the fossil record of the Late Triassic, which agrees with the predictions of intelligent design theory. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 17, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, apes, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, Charles Doolittle Walcott, Darwinian evolution, dinosaurs, evolution, Fossil Hall, Georges Cuvier, human body, intelligent design, John Ray, Louis Agassiz, Louis Pasteur, lungs, museums, On the Origin of Species, opposable thumbs, Richard Owen, Smithsonian Institution, walking}

At the Smithsonian, the Nation’s Museum, It’s All Darwin, All the Time

_{David Coppedge
November 17, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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At the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Charles Darwin dominates almost every exhibit. Read More ›

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Date
January 26, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Africa, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, fossil record, game parks, human origins, ID the Future, museums, podcast, Rob Crowther, South Africa, University of Johannesburg, Western Australia}

Casey Luskin Tells All About His South African Adventures

_{Science and Culture
January 26, 2021

Evolution, Geology, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Dr. Luskin discusses game parks, museums, fossil sites, and his PhD, including evidence that parts of Africa and Western Australia used to be connected. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 25, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, Ben Carson, Boston, Charles Darwin, Christopher Columbus, civil rights, Darwin Day in America, Discovery Institute, eugenics, J. Budziszewski, John West, Ku Klux Klan, Margaret Sanger, Margaret Sanger Square, memory, museums, New York City, Planned Parenthood, Racism, Robert E. Lee, Smithsonian Institution, statues, United States, V.I. Lenin, vandalism, Washington DC, Woodrow Wilson}

Margaret Sanger Statues Honor a Racist and Eugenicist; but as with Darwin, Let Her Stay

_{David Klinghoffer
June 25, 2020

Bioethics

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Historical statues are a dispersed temple to memory, in need of vigilant guarding. Read More ›