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September 2, 2022

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, asymmetry, brain size, brains, chimpanzees, dopamine, FOXP2, humans, intelligence, memory, primates, speech, thinking, Yale University}

More Ways that Human and Ape Brains Differ

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September 2, 2022

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Underlying the significant differences in brain — to say nothing of the vast difference in mind — is a genetic mystery. Read More ›

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Date
July 17, 2022

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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, Ars Technica, birds, brain size, brains, chimpanzees, genetic engineering, Homo sapiens, human brain, humans, information processing, John Timmer, lemurs, London School of Economics, Michael Denton, monkeys, octopuses, oxygen, primates, superintelligence, The Miracle of Man}

Brain Size Doesn’t Determine Intelligence

_{Science & Culture
July 17, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Brains are not simple, so many “just common sense” theories have fallen by the wayside. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 3, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, Carl Linnaeus, common ancestry, Craig Venter, Discovery Institute, evolution, Evolution (journal), genetic engineering, geneticists, Georges Cuvier, historical sciences, intelligent design, molecular biologists, phylogenetics, primates, scientists, separate ancestry, statistics, Summer Seminar, systematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison}

Do Statistics Prove Common Ancestry?

_{Emily Reeves
January 3, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Consider a scenario where there are three German Shepherds: a mother, her son, and a third that is a genetically engineered clone of the son. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 22, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, arthropods, BIO-Complexity, cars, cetaceans, common ancestry, Didier Raoult, evolution, gene regulation, gene regulatory networks, genetic information, intelligent design, lateral gene transfer, mammals, neuroscientists, primates, System Modeling in Cellular Biology, Tree of Life, Winston Ewert}

Engineering-Based Models Better Explain the Pattern of Nature than Does Common Ancestry

_{Brian Miller
December 22, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Eyes with lenses are believed to have evolved independently multiple times, but all evolutionary scenarios face insurmountable barriers. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 26, 2021

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Ardi, Ardipithecus ramidus, bonobos, chimpanzees, evolution, Germany, hominins, human ancestor, human origins, primates, Rosetta Stone, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Science Advances, The Scientist, University of Tübingen}

Study: Hands of “Ardi” Indicate a Chimp-like Tree-Dweller and Knuckle-Walker

_{Casey Luskin
February 26, 2021

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Initially, Ardi was widely called the “oldest human ancestor,” due to its supposed skeletal traits that indicated an early bipedal (upright walking) species. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 9, 2020

Categories
Ecology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, Animal Minds (series), chimpanzees, Darwinism, David Attenborough, Denyse O'Leary, Galileo Affair, Günter Bechly, lemurs, Mind Matters, nature, primates, ravens}

From Birds and Lemurs, Lessons About Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
October 9, 2020

Ecology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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Self-degradation, like the “Galileo legend,” is a vital fuel from Darwinism. Plus, "Another failed prediction" of evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
August 5, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, birds, blood, bones, brain, cartilage, chicken-and-egg problem, chromosomes, DNA, Doctor's Diary (series), evolution, evolution of the sexes, female, fertilization, fingers, fish, hormones, inbreeding, joints, ligaments, male, muscles, natural selection, nerves, ovum, primates, procreation, Science (journal), Science Advances, sperm, swimming, zygote}

Doctor’s Diary: Evolution’s Countless Chicken-and-Egg Conundrums

_{Geoffrey Simmons
August 5, 2020

Evolution

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It turned out last week that scientists have been wrong for 350 years about how sperm swim. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 26, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, atheism, BBC News, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, college students, conscience, curriculum, evolution, evolutionary ethics, Frans de Waal, God’s Not Dead, indoctrination, materialism, Michael Egnor, morality, murder, Nicholas Wade, primates, The Descent of Man, Victor Stenger}

A College Student Gets Educated on Darwinian “Morality”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 26, 2020

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution

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The student, who attends a public university, is worried about how this kind of indoctrination bodes for the future. I am too. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 30, 2020

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, anagenesis, Ann Gauger, annus horribilis, Associated Press, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus anamensis, Bernard Wood, BIO-Complexity, Denisovans, Ethiopia, genetic diversity, gradualism, Günter Bechly, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, Nature (journal), Ola Hössjer, paleoanthropology, population genetics, primates, punctuated equilibrium, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Magazine}

A Disappointing Decade for the Study of Human Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
April 30, 2020

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Perhaps in ten years we’ll be having this conversation again — and perhaps at that time the Smithsonian Institution will give us all a more objective analysis of the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 19, 2019

Categories
Biology
Science Education
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __edited, Alfred Russel Wallace, alt-right, bipedalism, Bronx Zoo, Discovery Institute, education, Galápagos Islands, Glenn Branch, human evolution, Human Zoos, humans, James Watson, John West, Mind and Cosmos, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Next Generation Science Standards, Ota Benga, phylogenetic trees, primates, public education, Sarah Chaffee, Texas, The Kingdom of Speech, Thomas Nagel, Tom Wolfe}

From The Atlantic on Teaching Human Evolution, a Bit of Rare Honesty in Reporting

_{David Klinghoffer
September 19, 2019

Biology, Science Education, Science Reporting

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With permission from John West and Sarah Chaffee, here is the full text of their interview with staff writer Olga Khazan. Read More ›