Wouldn't it be interesting to compare our cleverness to that of our ancestors? It would only be possible if today's researchers could use the same measuring tool in the same way that previous generations did. A team of European researchers believe they have done just that, and those convinced that evolution tends to generate higher IQs may be dumbfounded at the results.

Results from a recent study in human and chimpanzee genetics have shipwrecked yet another Darwinian hypothesis.¹ Genetic recombination is one of the key events that occur during the production of egg and sperm cells, and secular scientists have long thought it to be a major driver of human and ape evolution. 

Entomologists study insects and spiders. They regularly discover examples of mathematical genius hardwired into various tiny-brained arthropods. And as young students know all too well, math doesn't come easy.