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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 27, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecines, Australopithecus sediba, Bernard Wood, burial, chronology, CNN, Daily Mail, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), George Washington University, hominins, Homo erectus, Homo naledi, human origins, humans, Ian Tattersall, morphology, mosaic, South Africa, University of Missouri}

The Human Fossil Record Lacks Intermediaries

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October 27, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The news media might be heavily biased toward evolution, but at least it is predictable. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 26, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ardipithecus, Associated Press, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, Australopithecus anamensis, balance, Bernard Wood, bipedalism, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), human evolution, human origins, humans, Lucy, National Geographic, paleontology, teeth}

Australopithecines and Retroactive Confessions of Ignorance

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October 26, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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If a few teeth of intermediate size and shape make “the most complete chain of human evolution,” then the evidence for human evolution must be quite modest. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 25, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ardipithecus ramidus, Bernard Wood, bipedalism, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), hominins, human origins, Kenya, Nature (journal), New York Times, paleoanthropologists, pelvis, Rosetta Stone, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Science (journal), Smithsonian Institution, textbooks, UC Berkeley, University of Tübingen}

The Standard Story of Human Evolution: A Critical Look

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October 25, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Whatever Ardi was, everyone agrees the fossils was initially badly crushed and needed extensive reconstruction. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, apes, Charles Darwin, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), gradualism, Harvard University, Henry Gee, hominids, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, humans, jaws, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, paleoanthropology, Richard Lewontin, Ronald Wetherington, skulls, Southern Methodist University, Stephen Jay Gould, Texas State Board of Education, textbooks}

Do Fossils Demonstrate Human Evolution? Let’s Consider the Technical Literature

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October 24, 2022

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Far from “a nice clean example” of “gradualistic evolutionary change” that has “no gaps,” the fossil record shows a dramatic discontinuity. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 29, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, biomolecules, Brian Miller, Cambridge University, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, Eugene Koonin, evolution, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), genetic information, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Jack Szostak, James Tour, life, National Center for Biotechnology Information, New Atheists, Nobel Prize, prebiotic Earth, Richard Dawkins, RNA, Stephen Meyer, Walter Bradley}

An Optimistic Solution to the Mystery of Life’s Origin

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September 29, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Consider what five prestigious origin-of-life thinkers say about the current status of origin-of-life research. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 28, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Canada, early Earth, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), Francis Crick, George Wald, habitability, materialists, microfossils, miracle, Nobel Prize, Quebec, Scientific American}

Origin of Life: Saved by Time?

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September 28, 2022

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Many materialists believe that the severe unlikelihood of the series of events required for the origin of life is not a serious problem. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 27, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Brian Miller, cells, cellular machinery, chicken-and-egg problem, DNA, enzymes, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), genetic code, information, intelligent agents, Jeremy England, molecular machines, physicists, RNA}

Still Unexplained: The First Living Cell

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September 27, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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In recent years, MIT physicist Jeremy England has gained media attention for proposing a thermodynamic energy-dissipation model of the origin of life. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 25, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Casey Luskin, DNA, early Earth, evolution, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), Gerald Joyce, intelligent design, nucleotides, prebiotic conditions, proteins, RNA, RNA world, Robert Shapiro, Scientific Reports, Stanley Miller, UC San Diego, Walter Bradley}

Origin of the First Self-Replicating Molecules

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September 25, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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For some theorists, the origin of life is defined as the natural origin of a self-replicating system capable of undergoing Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 23, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Alexander Oparin, cell membrane, cells, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), James Tour, lipid bilayer, oxidation, Rice University, waste products}

The “Clumping” Problem and the Origin of Life

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September 23, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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In the 1970s, biochemist Sidney Fox and colleagues believed they had uncovered primitive cell membrane-like structures called protenoid microspheres. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 22, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), hydrothermal vents, Jeffrey Bada, ocean, polymerization, polymers, primordial soup, proteins, RNA, Scientific American, spontaneous generation, Stanley Miller, temperature, TIME}

Forming Polymers: A Problem for the Origin of Life

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September 22, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Assume for a moment that there was some way to produce simple organic molecules on the early Earth. Read More ›