Breaking: New Study Shatters the 1 Percent Human-Chimp Difference Myth

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The 1 percent statistic has become so widely cited and accepted that it could be considered an “icon of evolution.” Source
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Eugenie Scott Lecture Resurrects, Spreads Misinformation on Intelligent Design

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There often seems to be a subtext to her remarks, as if she were telling her audience: “Go forth and persecute.” Source
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#4 Story of 2021: Human Origins Research Is a Big Mess

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Considering the number of fossils attributed to the human lineage, an absence of such fossils for the great African ape lineages raises an obvious suspicion. Source
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Scientists Conclude: Human Origins Research Is a Big Mess

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Considering the number of fossils attributed to the human lineage, an absence of such fossils for the great African ape lineages raises an obvious suspicion. Source
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Excerpt: An Obstacle to Darwinian Evolution

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Rather than showing how their theory could handle the obstacle, some Darwinists are hoping to get around irreducible complexity by verbal tap dancing. Source
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On the “Sisyphean Evolution of Darwin’s Finches”

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Scientific data are followed by the myth: “Finch beak morphology observed on the Galápagos Islands was used by Darwin to formulate his theory of evolution.” Source
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Cancel Caribou? Another Questionable Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History

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The role of science in justifying racism and eugenics is a subject that needs to be opened up wide, not decorously ignored any longer. Source
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