On Our 250th Anniversary, There Is a Battle for America’s Soul

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While some researchers have "personified" their apes, others have mechanized their concept of man. Source
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Addressing More Icons of Theistic Evolution

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Professor Kuebler doesn’t acknowledge the pattern of explosions in the fossil record, but he does cite a supposed transitional form. Source
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Geneticist W. E. Lönnig on Human-Chimp DNA Similarity, and Much More

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"The same people who admit that they are unable to create a single blade of grass tell you that they are absolutely sure they know how it came about." Source
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An Ape with Evolution on His Mind

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“Are you familiar with the concept of evolution?” asks the ape leader who is bent on raising himself to the level of the human. Source
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MicroRNAs: A New Clue About Octopus Intelligence?

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While octopus brains are very different from vertebrate brains, they share with vertebrates, a huge number of microRNAs. Source
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Can Red Have “Redness” if No Self Perceives It?

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Is not the fact that we are having these discussions the best available evidence that we are not “just overgrown apes or undergrown apes”? Source
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The Remarkable Things We’re Learning About Bird Intelligence

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These findings are only among birds that have actually been studied; most birds have not been studied for intelligence. Source
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