20Jun 2025 by Post

Do Large Genetic Differences Between Humans and Chimps Represent “Technical Failures”? 

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The insinuation is that something went wrong in the lab during the attempted alignment process. Source
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14Jun 2025 by Post

Challenged on the “1 Percent” Myth, Smithsonian Gives a Meaningless Non-Answer

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Note to President Trump: I find this pretty disrespectful to the people who pay the bills at the Smithsonian. Source
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27May 2025 by Post

Letter to the Smithsonian: Correct Your Signage on Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity!

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Unfortunately, the 1 percent myth is promulgated as fact at, among other places, the nation's own Smithsonian Institution. Source
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23May 2025 by Post

Immaterial Genome Meets the Human-Chimp “1 Percent” Myth

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Obviously, humans and chimps are a whole lot more “different” than 1 percent. But…they’re also a lot more different than 14.9 percent. Source
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21May 2025 by Post

Fact Check: New “Complete” Chimp Genome Shows 14.9 Percent Difference from Human Genome

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I suspect that this radical finding has implications — for human exceptionalism and more — that people will be discussing for a long time. Source
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