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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

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Human Origins and Anthropology

ancient-genomes-reveal
Photo credit: Gobierno de Navarra/J.L. Larrion, via Phys.org.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
February 21, 2024
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Archaeology
Bioethics
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Human Origins and Anthropology
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Burials Reveal Prehistoric Cultures Valued Children with Down Syndrome

Denyse O’Leary
February 21, 2024
Archaeology, Bioethics, Ethics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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We’ve all probably heard from one pundit or another that prehistoric humans discarded children with disabilities, just as animals might. Read More ›
Homer
Photo: Homer, British Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
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February 9, 2024
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
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Is Consciousness a Recent Development?

Denyse O’Leary
February 9, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind
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Few stopped to ask how a poet like Homer wrote the Iliad if he really was not conscious himself. Read More ›
Cupules
Photo: Cupules, by Max Ronnersjö, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
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February 7, 2024
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Arts
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Paleontology
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Human Origins and the Beginning of Art

Denyse O’Leary
February 7, 2024
Arts, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Paleontology
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There is now evidence of something like artwork among several ancient human types, not just Neanderthals. Thus, an academic controversy has arisen. Read More ›
Homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis-Mr._N
Image credit: Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
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February 6, 2024
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Human Origins and Anthropology
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Were Neanderthals Religious?

Denyse O’Leary
February 6, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Paleontology
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We can’t poll long-dead Neanderthals on life, death, and the hereafter but the evidence we’ve dug up suggests they were thinking about that kind of thing. Read More ›
Neanderthal skull
Photo credit: AquilaGib, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Günter Bechly
Date
February 2, 2024
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Anatomy
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: New Evidence for the Human Nature of Neanderthals

Günter Bechly
February 2, 2024
Anatomy, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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What is at stake is not just some esoteric species problem in the ivory tower, but the very question of human nature and human uniqueness. Read More ›
Homo naledi
Photo credit: Lee Roger Berger research team, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
January 25, 2024
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Bioethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
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Science or Science Fiction? Scientists Debate

Denyse O’Leary
January 25, 2024
Bioethics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting
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Should some Netflix documentaries be labeled science fiction? Two are currently targeted by researchers in paleontology and archeology respectively. Read More ›
Homo habilis remains
Photo: Homo habilis remains, by Sailko, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Günter Bechly
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January 19, 2024
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: New Research Questions the Human Nature of Homo habilis

Günter Bechly
January 19, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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A consensus is scientifically worthless when it is driven by worldview bias and peer pressure rather than by an unbiased inference to the best explanation. Read More ›
cave-painting
Photo: “Tree of Life,” a cave painting from Borneo, Indonesia, by Lhfage at English Wikipedia [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
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January 8, 2024
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Childhood in the Ice Age — What Was It Like?

Denyse O’Leary
January 8, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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Having reached a point now known as the “Sala dei Misteri,” they left signatures of their time there. Read More ›
Homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis-Mr._N
Image credit: Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Casey Luskin
Date
November 16, 2023
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Archaeology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Were Neanderthals and Humans the Same Species?

Casey Luskin
November 16, 2023
Archaeology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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The evidence does not demonstrate that humans evolved from some kind of humanlike yet intellectually primitive precursor.  Read More ›
Homo naledi
Photo: A femur, by John Hawks, Marina Elliott, Peter Schmid, Steven E. Churchill, Darryl J. de Ruiter, Eric M. Roberts, Hannah Hilbert-Wolf, Heather M. Garvin, Scott A. Williams, Lucas K. Delezene, Elen M. Feuerriegel, Patrick Randolph-Quinney, Tracy L. Kivell, Myra F. Laird, Gaokgatlhe Tawane, Jeremy M. DeSilva, Shara E. Bailey, Juliet K. Brophy, Marc R. Meyer, Matthew M. Skinner, Matthew W. Tocheri, Caroline VanSickle, Christopher S. Walker, Timothy L. Campbell, Brian Kuhn, Ashley Kruger, Steven Tucker, Alia Gurtov, Nompumelelo Hlophe, Rick Hunter, Hannah Morris, Becca Peixotto, Maropeng Ramalepa, Dirk van Rooyen, Mathabela Tsikoane, Pedro Boshoff, Paul H.G.M. Dirks, Lee R. Berger, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Casey Luskin
Date
November 15, 2023
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Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Journal Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Made Rock Art, Used Fire

Casey Luskin
November 15, 2023
Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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Researchers, led by Lee Berger, had claimed in a Netflix documentary that the species buried its dead, used fire, used tools, and made rock art. Read More ›

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