Tag: Washington Post

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 13, 2026

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Africa, bipedalism, bones, Clément Zanolli, competition, Djurab (desert), femur, fossil record, fossils, France, Franck Guy, Guillaume Daver, human origins, Jean-Jacques Jaeger, Jerry Coyne, Journal of Human Evolution, Michael Brunet, Nature (journal), New York University, paleoanthropology, Politics, Roberto Macchiarelli, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Science Advances, Scott Williams, skull, The Guardian, Toumaï, University of Poitiers, War and Peace, Washington Post, Why Evolution Is True}

“Competition and Politics” Complicate Debate Over Sahelanthropus tchadensis

_{Casey Luskin
January 13, 2026

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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It seemed like lots of people wanted to forget about the femur, because years went by and nothing was published about the bone. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 12, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, bipedalism, Chad, chimpanzees, common ancestor, Haaretz, hominins, human origins, John Hawks, Journal of Human Evolution, knuckle-walking, Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Leipzig, Marine Cazenave, Martin Pickford, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Michael Brunet, Milford H. Wolpoff, Nature (journal), New Scientist, New York University, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, Rhianna Drummond-Clarke, Roberto Macchiarelli, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Science Advances, Scientific American, Scott Williams, Toumaï, trees, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Washington Post}

New Paper Fails to Settle Debate Over Bipedalism in Sahelanthropus tchadensis

_{Casey Luskin
January 12, 2026

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Many have called this fossil a human ancestor that lived at about 7 million years ago, around the time of our supposed most recent common ancestor with chimps. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, cancel culture, Carole Hooven, evolutionary biologists, gender, Harvard University, Princeton University, puberty blockers, Steven Pinker, survival, Tablet, The Atlantic, The Lancet, truth, Washington Post}

In the War on Reality, a Biologist Became a Casualty

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 21, 2025

Evolution, Medicine

5}

Enough people may still believe that the human being is not just an animal and there is such a thing as truth. Read More ›

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Date
September 12, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Physics
Tagged
, Alain Aspect, Albert Einstein, Anton Zeilinger, COSM 2025, Discovery Institute, John F. Clauser, Louisa Gilder, Nobel laureates, particles, photon, physicists, The Age of Entanglement, Washington Post}

COSM 2025 Will Feature Nobel Laureate Physicist and Skeptic John F. Clauser

_{Science & Culture
September 12, 2025

Environment & Climate, Physics

5}

Discovery Institute’s upcoming COSM 2025 tech conference will feature something a little different. Read More ›

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Author
Nathan Jacobson

Date
August 18, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Boston Globe, Center for Science and Culture, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, intelligent design, John Angus Campbell, John West, Möbius strip, Robert Crowther, San Francisco Chronicle, Science and Culture Today, Stephen Meyer, supernatural, Washington Post}

Evolution News Evolves

_{Nathan Jacobson
August 18, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

7}

New features of the site include audio versions of every article, estimated reading times, advanced search, and in-context footnotes. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 29, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, ACLU, Colin Wright, Darwinism, Dayton, Donald Trump, evolutionary biologists, history, John Scopes, National Institutes of Health, private truth, public education, public truth, Salvo Magazine, Scopes Monkey Trial, Tennessee, transgenderism, Washington Post}

Scopes “Monkey” Trial Is Turning One Hundred

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 29, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

5}

Almost nothing happened quite the way the stereotypes have portrayed it since then. Read More ›

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Date
April 7, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Anthony Fauci, COVID-19, epidemiologists, Francis Collins, free speech, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdowns, National Institutes of Health, Newsweek, Scott Atlas, The Free Press, The New England Journal of Medicine, Washington Post, Wesley J. Smith}

At NIH, Bhattacharya Wants to Restore Open Inquiry

_{Science & Culture
April 7, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Scientific Freedom

5}

Restoring open discussion is certainly worth a try. Science advances more from doubt than from certainty. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, Alberto Giubilini, Animal Liberation, babies, birth canal, brain, developmental biology, fetuses, Food and Drug Administration, Indiana, injury, Montana, New York City, newborns, pain, Peter Singer, petri dish, Planned Parenthood, pregnancy, Roman Catholic, Russia, tissue, United States, Washington Post}

At What Point In Its Development Can a Human Being Feel Pain?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 9, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

13}

Logic isn’t a sufficient answer to the question I raised, however. For a scientific answer, we need evidence. Read More ›

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Date
September 14, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, CNN, Elon Musk, Facebook, International Space Station, Moon, NASA, planet, science fiction, SpaceX, Washington Post}

Is NASA in a Slump?

_{Science & Culture
September 14, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

6}

NASA is outsourcing a good deal now to private industry. The trouble is, it’s hard to attract creative engineers to a job supervising the work of others. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Technology
Tagged
, archaea, ATP, bacteria, complexity, ecosystem, evolution, genes, genome, Immune System, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, metabolism, molecular biology, Nature Ecology & Evolution, prokaryotes, protein-coding genes, Science (journal), viruses, Washington Post}

“That Is a Lot of Evolution”: Study Finds LUCA Required 2,600 Genes

_{Casey Luskin
August 8, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Technology

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One scientist commented, “LUCA was a very complex cell, with a genome similar to modern bacteria." Read More ›