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, siamangs, Smithsonian Institution, 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 ›