when somebody makes a $30 million donation to the Smithsonian Institution - not an affiliate, but the real deal - for a new "Hall of Human Origins" featuring our 6-million-year history, that someone is probably not going to be a supporter of intelligent design.
Earlier this year, John Pieret of Thoughts in a Haystack uncovered an interview of that donor, David H. Koch, by wannabe science journalist Suzan Mazur. Pieret correctly points that the exchange between Koch & Mazur is a prime example of how not to conduct an interview, as we noted earlier.
Just in case Mazur (and her fanbois at the Discovery Institute and creationsafaris.com) didn't get the message, here you go:
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History announced on Wednesday that multibillionaire and early Libertarian Party benefactor David H. Koch donated $30 million to fund a hall depicting human evolution.
Most of the money will finance the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins while the remainder will go toward a research chair endowment and education and outreach programs.
An article from Science Insider said the new hall "will focus on major milestones over our 6-million-year history—from when our ancestors first started walking upright through the development of language and symbols and beyond."
The hall will display fossil skull replicas representing various stages of human evolution, reconstructed human faces from different epochs, and exhibits showing how climate change and environmental conditions have impacted human evolution.
Most of the money will finance the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins while the remainder will go toward a research chair endowment and education and outreach programs.
An article from Science Insider said the new hall "will focus on major milestones over our 6-million-year history—from when our ancestors first started walking upright through the development of language and symbols and beyond."
The hall will display fossil skull replicas representing various stages of human evolution, reconstructed human faces from different epochs, and exhibits showing how climate change and environmental conditions have impacted human evolution.
Now granted, I don't agree with everything put forth by David H. Koch, but this donation - along with his continued NOVA funding for PBS - will help combat the ignorance spread by entities like the DI and Mazur.
posted by Cheryl Shepherd-Adams
