Lord-Monboddo Type post Author Daniel Witt Date June 19, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionHuman ExceptionalismHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , Africa, apes, Charles Darwin, common ancestry, East India Company, Erasmus Darwin, evolutionary theory, females, human races, humans, Java, Lord Monboddo, monkeys, orangutans, race science, racial disparities, Racism, special creation, species, speech, tails, The Descent of Man, travelers, women Monkey Men: The Fables That Inspired Evolutionary Theory Daniel Witt June 19, 2025 Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology 7 “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 ›
2560px-SmithsonianInstitutionNationalMuseumofNaturalHi Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 27, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionHuman ExceptionalismHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, differential, DNA, evolution, gap divergence, genetic code, genetic difference, genomes, Gorilla gorilla, gorillas, human exceptionalism, human origins, humans, intelligent design, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), orangutans, Pan troglodytes, Pongo abelii, primates, Progressive Cactus, signage, single nucleotide variation, Smithsonian Institution, Supplemental Data, telomere, University of Johannesburg Letter to the Smithsonian Casey Luskin May 27, 2025 Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology 9 Unfortunately, the 1 percent myth is promulgated as fact at, among other places, the nation's own Smithsonian Institution. Read More ›