Tag: animals
Meyer and Tour on New Critiques of Origin-of-Life Research
Biochemist Nick Lane and bio-engineer Joana Xavier have given a sobering assessment of the origin-of-life research field.
War on Human Exceptionalism Turns to Tool Use
As the academic war on human exceptionalism motors on, researchers’ thinking sometimes shorts out — and they don’t even notice.
Burials Reveal Prehistoric Cultures Valued Children with Down Syndrome
We’ve all probably heard from one pundit or another that prehistoric humans discarded children with disabilities, just as animals might.
Darwin’s “God Wouldn’t Do It This Way” Argument
A book widely hailed as proposing a true mechanism for evolution actually reads more like an anti-creationist polemic.
Dead Pets: PETA’s Astonishing Kill Rate
PETA’s leadership may believe that some animals are better off dead than adopted by households that are non-vegan.