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October 21, 2018

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Bioethics
Evolution
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, __k-review, Bible, Bronx Zoo, Chicago, Christianity, Daniel Reeves, Darwinian theory, Detroit, documentary, eugenics, history, Human Zoos, John West, Martin Luther King Jr., Ohio, Ota Benga, Racism, Social Darwinism, Wheaton College}

With Screenings in Chicago, New Documentary Human Zoos Prompts Discussion, Debate

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October 21, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution

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The film shows how a number of Christians led opposition to both human zoos and eugenics. Read More ›

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Date
October 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Science Education
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, __k-review, alt-right, American Museum of Natural History, Bronx Zoo, David Klinghoffer, documentary, education, eugenics, evolution, forced sterilization, Human Zoos, indigenous peoples, John West, Manhattan, methodology, missing links, Monkey House, New York City, Ota Benga, scientific racism, Social Darwinism, survey, white nationalism}

Survey: Americans Favor Education on Scientific Racism; Call for Famed Zoo, Museum to Apologize

_{Science & Culture
October 10, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Science Education

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“Most Americans realize we need to learn from the past,” said John West, writer and director of the new documentary Human Zoos. “But we can’t learn from the past if we cover it up.” Read More ›

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Date
October 7, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, C.S. Lewis, creativity, Declaration of Independence, Discovery Institute, FreedomFest, George Gilder, history, Human Zoos, John West, knowledge, Ota Benga, personhood, Peter Singer, Racism, Richard Weikart, science, technocracy, Thomas Jefferson, totalitarian science}

Totalitarian Science: Past, Present, and Future?

_{Science & Culture
October 7, 2018

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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When science is considered the only route to knowledge, scientific experts are given the right to rule, and science becomes totalitarian. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 5, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, Africans, animal rights, Bronx Zoo, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, clergy, Darwinism, frivolous lawsuits, Happy (elephant), human rights, Human Zoos, Monkey House, New York Post, Nonhuman Rights Project, Ota Benga, scientific racism, Tree of Life, Wesley Smith, writ of habeas corpus}

On Human and Animal Rights, the Twisted Course of Evolutionary “Philosophy”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 5, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Wesley Smith commented earlier on the struggle, via litigation by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP), to grant human-like “rights” to an elephant in the Bronx Zoo. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 15, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Africa, animals, architecture, Bronx Zoo, Darwinism, evolution, Human Zoos, John West, Monkey House, monkeys, New York Times, Ota Benga, pygmy, Scientific American}

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

_{David Klinghoffer
September 15, 2018

Evolution

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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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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 14, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, African Americans, America, apes, Belgium, Bronx Zoo, Darwinism, evolution, history, Human Zoos, ID the Future, indigenous peoples, John West, Monkey House, New York Times, Ota Benga, pastors, podcast, pseudoscience, Racism, schools, textbooks}

New Documentary Human Zoos Isn’t Ancient History

_{David Klinghoffer
September 14, 2018

Evolution

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Evolution, the New York Times lectured, is “No more debatable than the multiplication table.” Sound familiar? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Aleš Hrdlička, Darwinism, documentary, eugenics, From Darwin to Hitler, history, Hitler’s Religion, Human Zoos, John West, Monkey House, National Museum of Natural History, Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk, Protestants, Rachel Adams, Racism, Richard Weikart, Roman Catholic, Smithsonian Institution, Tablet, United States}

On a Grim Anniversary, Shocking Documentary Human Zoos Now Available on Amazon

_{David Klinghoffer
September 8, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution

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This was supposed to be of scientific interest, educating visitors in the evolutionary doctrine that placed Africans in close relationship to apes. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 12, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, alt-right, Bronx Zoo, Darwinism, documentary, FreedomFest, George Gilder, George Will, history, Human Zoos, John West, Las Vegas, Michael Shermer, Monkey House, Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk, pygmy, Racism, Rich Lowry, Richard Weikart, Ross Douthat, Steve Forbes}

See Human Zoos in Las Vegas at FreedomFest!

_{David Klinghoffer
June 12, 2018

Evolution

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It’s not, how shall I say this, an audience guaranteed to be sympathetic to a critique of Darwinism and its social impact, even one as thoroughly researched and accurately told as this. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, ABC, African Americans, Africans, Bronx Zoo, Charles Darwin, Discovery Institute, documentary, Donald Trump, Human Zoos, John West, missing links, Obama Administration, Ota Benga, The Descent of Man}

In Evolutionary Thinking, Roseanne Barr’s Offensive Tweet Has a Long History

_{David Klinghoffer
May 29, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Some voices, if not necessarily thoughtful or serious ones, have recognized this, while at the same time missing the point. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 25, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, African Americans, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, documentary, eugenics, From Darwin to Hitler, history, Human Zoos, John West, missing links, Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk, premiere, pseudoscience, Pulitzer Prize, Racism, Richard Weikart, Seattle, Social Darwinism, South Africa, Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga, Woodland Park Zoo}

Register Now for May 8 Seattle Premiere of “Mesmerizing,” “Racially Charged” Human Zoos

_{David Klinghoffer
April 25, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution

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What could be more wholesome or innocent than a visit to the zoo? You may ask that now, but it was a quite a different state of affairs a century ago. Read More ›