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‘Gender Hybrid’ Children?

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 16, 2023
Human Exceptionalism

2} _{Crossposted at Humanize}

Chimpanzees, we are told, are the closest relatives to human beings. Indeed, for years scientists claimed that there is only about a one percent difference separating the human genome from that of chimps. Some advocates even claimed that means humans are mostly chimps, or that chimps are mostly human, eroding the principle of human exceptionalism.

But research published last year disclosed that the “one percent difference” was badly off the mark and that the true genetic difference between humans and chimps is about 15%. But what does the genetic difference statistic mean scientifically, and whether one percent or fifteen, does it matter morally?

Wesley invited one of Discovery Institute’s premier scholars to discuss these new findings and the meaning of it all. Dr. Casey Luskin is a scientist and attorney with a PhD in Geology from the University of Johannesburg and a Law Degree (JD) from the University of San Diego. He also holds BS and MS degrees in Earth Sciences from the University of California, San Diego, and is a California-licensed attorney. He works at Discovery Institute as Associate Director and Research Director for the Center for Science and Culture, where he directs the ID 3.0 Research Program, and assists and defends scientists, educators, and students who seek to freely study, research, and teach about the scientific debate over Darwinian evolution and intelligent design (ID).

He has co-written, co-edited, and contributed to many books on ID, is a sought-after public speaker and a prolific media commentator.

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