Tag: Smithsonian Institution

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 18, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
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, __featured2, American Prometheus, Anika Smith, artificial intelligence, atomic bomb, Bhagavad Gita, bioethics, biological origins, Center for Science and Culture, cosmology, COVID-19, Discovery Institute, dissenters, East Coast, evolution, Evolution News, Evolution News and Views, Grok, intelligent design, iPhone, J. Robert Oppenheimer, John West, Kai Bird, Katherine West, Martin Sherwin, masks, media, Nathan Jacobson, National Review, neuroscience, origins science, Phaedrus, Plato, Plato’s Revenge, public health, Richard Sternberg, Sanskrit, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, The Atlantic, The Atlantic Monthly, The Christian Century, The Divine Comedy, University of Colorado, Wall Street Journal}

Introducing a New Design, and a New Name

_{David Klinghoffer
August 18, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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Conjoining science with culture, while it is the CSC’s calling card, is not our invention. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, America, animals, Casey Luskin, chimps, elite culture, footnotes, human origins, humans, New York Post, radicalism, Roger Kimball, science education, Smithsonian Institution, The New Criterion, The Spectator, Trump Administration, wokeness}

Hey Smithsonian, Make Humans Exceptional Again

_{David Klinghoffer
August 15, 2025

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Denying human exceptionalism is intended to make human visitors to the museum feel animal-like and without special dignity. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 13, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, art historians, Casey Luskin, chimps, Georgetown University, human exceptionalism, human origins, interference, Lisa Strong, Michel Martin, misinformation, museums, National Museum of Natural History, New York Post, npr, pre-human ancestors, professionals, Smithsonian Institution, taxpayers, Trump Administration, trust, White House}

Are We Calling on the Smithsonian to Fix Errors Just to Be Mean?

_{David Klinghoffer
August 13, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

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The errors and biased oversimplifications of scholarly material all run in one direction: to persuade visitors that humans aren’t exceptional beings in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 11, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Education
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Australopithecines, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, Casey Luskin, Ernst Mayr, Hall of Human Origins, Harvard University, human evolution, human exceptionalism, human origins, knuckle-walking, Lucy, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), New York Post, podcast, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Museum, transparency, Trump Administration}

Casey Luskin Calls on the Smithsonian to Get It Right on Human Origins

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 11, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Education

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The Smithsonian Institution has recently been called out by the Trump Administration for pushing “one-sided, divisive political narratives.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Psychology
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, __trending, 1 percent myth, animals, apes, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, cruelty, Death in the Afternoon, Dogs, Donald Trump, Ernest Hemingway, gorillas, human exceptionalism, human origins, humans, Jim Banks, Journal of Human Evolution, Lucy, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), New York Post, paleoanthropologists, people, psychology, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Smithsonian Institution, wokeness}

Luskin in the NY Post Calls Out Smithsonian on Human Origins

_{David Klinghoffer
July 28, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Psychology

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The museum misinforms visitors about how humans are so very, very close to non-human creatures. Equating humans with non-humans isn't humane. It's the opposite. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 24, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Casey Luskin, chimps, common ancestor, common ancestry, Creation Myths, Daniel Stern Cardinale, DNA, Erika DeBenedictis, evolution, gap divergence, genetic similarity, gibbon, Gone with the Wind, gorillas, Gutsick Gibbon, human origins, humans, intelligent design, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Trump Administration, YouTube videos}

As Luskin Debunks 1 Percent Myth, Evolutionists Fire Wildly in Response

_{David Klinghoffer
July 24, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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The myth matters because a toxic lie being advanced in our culture denies the exceptional status of human beings in nature. Many evils follow from that denial. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Alexander Winchell, Antonin Scalia, censorship, Dayton, Edward J. Larson, Evolutionary Studies Institute, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Plato’s Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Scopes Monkey Trial, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Supreme Court, Tennessee, The Daily Wire, Vanderbilt University}

One Hundred Years After Scopes, It’s “Scopes-in-Reverse”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 10, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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Casey Luskin tried to contact the folks at Vanderbilt about the lock-out, but no one even bothered to get back to him. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, chimps, Chimps and Critics (series), common ancestry, common design, creationists, Discovery Institute, evolution, evolutionary biology, genetic differences, genetic similarities, genetic variations, geologists, humans, Institute for Creation Research, intelligent design, Jeff Tomkins, Joel Duff, Jonathan Wells, National Museum of Natural History, persistent scientific errors, PZ Myers, Smithsonian Institution, University of Akron, University of Minnesota, YouTube videos, Zachary Ardern, zombies}

On Human-Chimp Genetic Differences, the Critics Misstate My Arguments

_{Casey Luskin
June 30, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Evolution defenders generally accept the new evidence showing that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different but downplay the new number. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 26, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Amazon, chimps, Chimps and Critics (series), CHM13, common ancestry, DNA, Financial Times, function, genetic difference, genetics, genomes, Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics, Han Chinese, human exceptionalism, human-human genetic differences, humans, Jared Diamond, Joel Duff, junk DNA, Nature Communications, non-alignable DNA, Nucleic Acids Research, nucleotides, objections, reactions, repetitive DNA, Science (journal), Smithsonian Institution, University of Chicago Press, Zachary Ardern}

Critics Change the Topic: Do Human-Human Genetic Differences Matter?

_{Casey Luskin
June 26, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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One of the common yet unexpected reactions from critics to the discovery that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different is to change the topic. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 25, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Andrew McDiarmid, bonobos, Bornean orangutans, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, chimps, 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

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When a belief conflicts with common sense present-day reality, it is usually upholding an irrational value. Read More ›