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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 24, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Civic Biology, evolution, Evolution News, hair, Hall of Human Origins, Homo floresiensis, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, Human Zoos, John West, National Mall, National Museum of Natural History, Neanderthals, nose shapes, Racism, Science Uprising, Scopes Monkey Trial, skin colors, Smithsonian Institution, The Descent of Man}

Human Evolution as a “Path to Whiteness”

_{David Klinghoffer
November 24, 2021

Bioethics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The simplified and misleading science, which is supposed to be so up-to-date as to merit showcasing on the National Mall, retains the element of traditional Darwinian racism. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 24, 2021

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, __nedited, "Nebraska Man", Ardipithecus, Australopithecus sediba, bones, brain size, Cambrian Explosion, climate change, creator, Darwinism, Declaration of Independence, evolution, gradualism, hair, Hall of Human Origins, Homo erectus, Homo floresiensis, Homo naledi, human language, Human Zoos, humanity, Lucy, museum, National Museum of Natural History, Neanderthal DNA, Neanderthals, nose shapes, Orrorin, Science Uprising, skin colors, Smithsonian Institution, Thomas Jefferson, whiteness}

Evolution Theater: Smithsonian Whitewashes Human Origins

_{David Coppedge
November 24, 2021

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The museum makes a big deal of Lucy. Their portrayal has many more bones than the original! Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 19, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, Anomalocaris, behaviors, brains, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Canada, cell types, Charles Darwin, Charnia, China, Darwin's Doubt, Dickinsonia, Ediacarans, evolution, Fossil Hall, fossil record, Hallucigenia, mollusks, National Museum of Natural History, Opabinia, organs, oxygen, Pikaia, Smithsonian Institution, Spriggina, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Woodward, Tribrachidium, trilobites, Wiwaxia}

Smithsonian Glosses Over the Cambrian Explosion

_{David Coppedge
November 19, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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The nation’s museum cannot ignore the collection of fossils Walcott sent them from the Burgess Shale. But can they explain them away? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 17, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, apes, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, Charles Doolittle Walcott, Darwinian evolution, dinosaurs, evolution, Fossil Hall, Georges Cuvier, human body, intelligent design, John Ray, Louis Agassiz, Louis Pasteur, lungs, museums, On the Origin of Species, opposable thumbs, Richard Owen, Smithsonian Institution, walking}

At the Smithsonian, the Nation’s Museum, It’s All Darwin, All the Time

_{David Coppedge
November 17, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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At the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Charles Darwin dominates almost every exhibit. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 1, 2020

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, canary in the coal mine, cancel culture, censorship, evolution, free speech, human dignity, intelligence, intelligent design, Michael Egnor, New York Magazine, race, Richard Sternberg, Rod Dreher, scientists, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, The New Republic}

Andrew Sullivan, Meet Richard Sternberg

_{David Klinghoffer
September 1, 2020

Human Exceptionalism, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

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This is another illustration of what Michael Egnor and others have said: intelligent design was the “canary in the coal mine” when it comes to cancel culture. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 14, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academia, Bari Weiss, censorship, Darwinism, discrimination, dissent, Douglas Axe, Eric Hedin, Free Science, free speech, Granville Sewell, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, journalists, Michael Egnor, New York Times, Richard Sternberg, scientists, Scott Minnich, self-censorship, Smithsonian Institution}

Bari Weiss Knows What ID Scientists Already Knew

_{David Klinghoffer
July 14, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Advocates of intelligent design have experienced the lengths to which upholders of the “predetermined narrative” will go to punish dissent. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 25, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, Ben Carson, Boston, Charles Darwin, Christopher Columbus, civil rights, Darwin Day in America, Discovery Institute, eugenics, J. Budziszewski, John West, Ku Klux Klan, Margaret Sanger, Margaret Sanger Square, memory, museums, New York City, Planned Parenthood, Racism, Robert E. Lee, Smithsonian Institution, statues, United States, V.I. Lenin, vandalism, Washington DC, Woodrow Wilson}

Margaret Sanger Statues Honor a Racist and Eugenicist; but as with Darwin, Let Her Stay

_{David Klinghoffer
June 25, 2020

Bioethics

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Historical statues are a dispersed temple to memory, in need of vigilant guarding. 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, Tim White}

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
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 10, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, American Freedom Alliance, California Science Center, cancel culture, creationism, Darwin on Trial, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, En Arche Foundation, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, First Amendment, free speech, Fundacja En Arche, Helsinki University of Technology, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, lawsuit, Leon, Marcos Eberlin, Matti Leisola, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Paul Nelson, Phillip E. Johnson, Poland, Richard Sternberg, Signature in the Cell, Smithsonian Institution, Spain, Stephen Meyer, U.S. Constitution, University of Algarve, University of Warsaw, Warsaw}

Cancel Culture Comes to Poland

_{Jonathan Wells
February 10, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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This sort of behavior is not new. In 2004, the University of Helsinki (Finland) cancelled some scheduled talks by Discovery Institute fellows Paul Nelson and Richard Sternberg. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 4, 2019

Categories
Engineering
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, education, evolution, high school, Mars, math, NASA, Neo-Darwinism, Next Generation Science Standards, science, scientific inquiry, Smithsonian Institution, strengths and weaknesses, students, Wired Magazine}

How Should We Then Teach Evolution?

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 4, 2019

Engineering, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Students who learn the difficult but important skills of examining data are more likely to engage in learning that sets them up for future STEM success. Read More ›