ape-human-mirror Type post Author Andrew McDiarmid Date May 23, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and AnthropologyScience Reporting Tagged , 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), American Museum of Natural History, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, Emily Reeves, human exceptionalism, human genome, humans, ID the Future, National Geographic, new york, order of magnitude, podcast, Science (journal), Scientific American Breaking: New Study Shatters the 1 Percent Human-Chimp Difference Myth Andrew McDiarmid May 23, 2025 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting 3 The 1 percent statistic has become so widely cited and accepted that it could be considered an “icon of evolution.” Read More ›
ape-and-man Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 22, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionHuman ExceptionalismHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), ape genomes, brains, cell division, chimpanzees, DNA, genetic differences, genomes, human genome, humans, Jonathan Wells, misrepresentation, Nature (journal), Nucleic Acids Research, order of magnitude, repetitive DNA, zombies Genetic Differences Between Humans and Chimps Represent Functional DNA Casey Luskin May 22, 2025 Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology 7 I contacted the corresponding authors of the original study and they kindly offered their interpretation of the differences between the human and chimp genomes. Read More ›
ape-double-jungle-city-14 Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 21, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and AnthropologyScience Reporting Tagged , 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), ape genomes, bonobos, Bornean orangutans, chimpanzees, deletions, DNA, fact check, gap difference, gap divergence, gene duplications, genomes, Gorilla gorilla, gorillas, human genome, humans, insertions, Kateryna Makova, National Center for Biotechnology Information, Nature (journal), order of magnitude, Pan paniscus, Pan troglodytes, persistent scientific errors, Pongo abelii, siamangs, Smithsonian Institution, Sumatran orangutans, Supplemental Data Fact Check: New “Complete” Chimp Genome Shows 14.9 Percent Difference from Human Genome Casey Luskin May 21, 2025 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting 14 I suspect that this radical finding has implications — for human exceptionalism and more — that people will be discussing for a long time. Read More ›
