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Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under America America Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Humans most likely came up from the lower animals Humans most likely came up from the loweranimals RI Robert G. Ingersoll — holds since c. 1876–1878 — tap for who they are Same subject: The people of the ancient world were not less advanced than we are; they were probably indistinguishable from us. — tap to centre the map on it The people of the ancient world werenot less advanced than we are; theywere probably indistinguishable fromus. Last stated 11 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Animals descend from at most four or five ancestors, and analogy hints at one ancestor for all life, though analogy may mislead — tap to centre the map on it Animals descend from at most four orfive ancestors, and analogy hints atone ancestor for all life, thoughanalogy may mislead Last stated 167 years ago 1 Oct 1859 CD Charles Darwin — holds since 1859-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The sameness of expressions worldwide argues that all human races descend from one stock — tap to centre the map on it The sameness of expressionsworldwide argues that all humanraces descend from one stock CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1872 — tap for who they are Same subject: Wheat domesticated Homo sapiens rather than the other way round — tap to centre the map on it Wheat domesticated Homo sapiensrather than the other way round YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2011–2015 — tap for who they are Same subject: The mental difference between humans and higher animals is one of degree, not kind — tap to centre the map on it The mental difference between humansand higher animals is one of degree,not kind CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are Same subject: The archaeological record of early writing is misleading, because people across the Middle East were sending each other messages long before the Sumerians. — tap to centre the map on it The archaeological record of earlywriting is misleading, becausepeople across the Middle East weresending each other messages longbefore the Sumerians. Last stated 11 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: No one who looks at nature as connected can still believe humans were separately created — tap to centre the map on it No one who looks at nature asconnected can still believe humanswere separately created CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are Same subject: The ark was never built; it is a literary construction out of the fact that the people who survived were in boats. — tap to centre the map on it The ark was never built; it is aliterary construction out of thefact that the people who survivedwere in boats. Last stated 11 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model's apparent mind is mostly our own bias: it predicts text, and leverages our evolved habit of attributing intentionality to anything that acts human. — tap to centre the map on it A language model's apparent mind ismostly our own bias: it predictstext, and leverages our evolvedhabit of attributing intentionalityto anything that acts human. Last stated 3 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A selection signal can be validated without a significance threshold, by measuring how far it is enriched for mutations an entirely independent study says affect a trait. — tap to centre the map on it A selection signal can be validatedwithout a significance threshold, bymeasuring how far it is enriched formutations an entirely independentstudy says affect a trait. Last stated 6 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A tribe of loyal, self-sacrificing members would defeat most other tribes, which is natural selection — tap to centre the map on it A tribe of loyal, self-sacrificingmembers would defeat most othertribes, which is natural selection CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A civilized town is far better off with a religion, even a bad one, than with none — tap to centre the map on it A civilized town is far better offwith a religion, even a bad one,than with none VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1752–1774 — tap for who they are Same subject: A faith with a good God but without sin, hell, the devil or redemption is a boys' philosophy — tap to centre the map on it A faith with a good God but withoutsin, hell, the devil or redemptionis a boys' philosophy CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1942–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on diesel exports would raiseoverall fuel prices and damageAmerica's energy superpower status. Last stated a month ago 1 Oct 2026 AE Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports ismore likely to raise prices thanlower them. Last stated a month ago 23 Sept 2026 JM Josh Marshall — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated 2 months ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Humans most likely came up from the lower animals Last stated c. 1876–1878 Holds Robert G. Ingersoll Read this korrent →