manuel-velasquez-Dl1N4YuUPQ-unsplash-2 Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date June 25, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , 1 percent myth, Andrew McDiarmid, bonobos, Bornean orangutans, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, DNA, genetics, genomes, gorillas, humans, junk DNA, Nature (journal), Pan paniscus, reality, Research, siamangs, Smithsonian Institution, statistics, Sumatran orangutans Why Is the 1 Percent Myth So Beloved? Denyse O’Leary June 25, 2025 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 5 When a belief conflicts with common sense present-day reality, it is usually upholding an irrational value. 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, short nucleotide variations, siamangs, Smithsonian Institution, SNVs, 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 ›
bonobo Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date September 16, 2020 CategoriesHuman ExceptionalismHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , bonobos, civilization, climate change, culture, David Brooks, Fire-Maker, fires, flying squirrel, grooming, humans, hunting, intelligent design, metallurgy, Michael Denton, New York Times, Pan paniscus, primatology, psychoanalysis, Scott Adams, Wesley J. Smith Using Bonobos to Bash Human Exceptionalism David Klinghoffer September 16, 2020 Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology 4 As podcaster Scott Adams would say, there is simply no “payday” for these people in recognizing what makes us, as humans, unique. Read More ›
woman and bonobo Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date January 28, 2018 CategoriesHuman ExceptionalismHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, Ann Gauger, Carl Linnaeus, chimpanzees, common ancestry, DNA, genus, Homo sapiens, human origins, ID the Future, John Gribbin, Pan paniscus, Sarah Chaffee, species, theology Homo sapiens, or Pan sapiens? David Klinghoffer January 28, 2018 Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology 2 A snarky proposal, among others aimed at deflating the idea of humankind's exceptional place in nature, suggests that our species is really misnamed. Read More ›
