Yes, Ants Think — Like Computers

Agouti, agriculture, algorithm, ant colony, antennae, anternet, ants, Bert Hölldobler, biology, brains, capybara, castes, cities, computer, computer programmers, consensus-building, Deborah M. Gordon, division of labor, E. O. Wilson, eggs, evolutionary biologists, foraging, humans, Intelligent Design, language, larvae, leafcutter ants, mammals, neurons, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, pheromones, pupae, slavery, Stanford University, superorganism, territorial wars, The Superorganism
Computer programmers have adapted some ant problem-solving methods to software programs (but without the need for complex chemical scents). Source
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Khan Academy Misleads with Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity Argument for Common Ancestry

biology, cats, chimps, common design, DNA, DNA polymerases, DNAPs, embryos, Emily Reeves, Evolution, evolutionary transitions, fossil record, genes, genomes, homology, horses, humans, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Khan Academy, Life Sciences, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, phylogenetic trees, proteins, Richard Dawkins, students, teachers, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Tree of Life, Zombie Science
The video compares humans and chimps, saying the latter’s behaviors and facial expressions are “eerily human.” I could say the same thing about my cat. Source
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Return of the Rafting Monkeys: Why Biogeography Is No Friend of Common Descent

Atlantic Ocean, biogeography, camera eye, Casey Luskin, common descent, common design, convergence, Emily Reeves, Evolution, evolutionists, Harvest House, humans, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, monkeys, octopus, optical engineering, Podcast, rafting monkeys, Renaissance, solar system, South America, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, universal common descent
Evolutionists have to propose, for instance, that Old World monkeys rafted across the Atlantic from Africa to South America on a natural raft. Source
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#4 Story of 2021: Human Origins Research Is a Big Mess

American Museum of Natural History, Australopithecus afarensis, bipedalism, brain case, chimps, Darwin critics, Darwinists, Evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, hominins, homoplasy, human locomotion, Human Origins, humans, ID The Future, knuckle-walking, last common ancestor, Miocene apes, paleontology, rewriting, Sahelanthropus, Science (journal), Sergio Almécija, tree-climbing
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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Human Genetic Variation — A Tale that Keeps on Telling

1000 Genomes Project, Adam and Eve, alleles, BioLogos, bottleneck, Broad Institute, chims, chromosomes, DNA, Evolution, genetics, genomes, heterozygosity, Human Origins, humans, Moon, mutations, nucleotide differences, population size, primordial diversity, Steve Schaffner, target practice
If the pockmarks on the moon showed this kind of specific array surrounding each crater, we would think someone was using the moon for target practice. Source
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