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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

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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

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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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Date
October 20, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science
Tagged
, central nervous system, DNA, evolution, fossils, genome, human origins, humans, meditation, Neanderthals, non-Africans, sleep, smoking}

Got These Bad Habits? Blame Neanderthals!

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October 20, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Science

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Neanderthal man, long extinct as a separate human group, now explains why we smoke and drink to excess… Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 3, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, data, fossils, Germany, Günter Bechly, hominins, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, humans, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Neanderthal DNA, Neanderthals, Nobel Prize, paleontologists, paleontology, Politics, Svante Pääbo}

New Nobel Laureate, Svante Pääbo, on the “Politics” of Paleontology and Humans Origins

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October 3, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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These are welcome and candid observations, refuting notions that human origins is a fully objective area of research. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 23, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, apes, Apollo 11, BBC, Eocene, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, humans, Ida, media, missing links, monkeys, Norway, paleontology, primates, Wikipedia}

Fossil Friday: Darwinius, or How Wishful Thinking Makes a Missing Link

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September 23, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The media campaign lead to headlines that were not content with calling the fossil a missing link but simply “THE link” or “the eighth wonder of the world.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 9, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ardipithecus, Chad, femur, fossil record, Graecopithecus, hominins, John Hawks, mandible, Miocene, Miocene apes, Natural History Museum, Nature (journal), Orrorin, paleontology, Paris, Roberto Macchiarelli, Sahara Desert, Sahelanthropus, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, skull, University of Poitiers}

Fossil Friday: Sahelanthropus, to Be or Not to Be Bipedal

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September 9, 2022

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On the morning of July 19, 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Sahara Desert. Read More ›

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Date
July 19, 2022

Categories
Arts
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, evolution, humans, Michael Marshall, Neanderthals, paleontology, Spain, Stone Age}

Neanderthal Art, if That’s What It Is, Would Upset the Evolutionary Paradigm

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July 19, 2022

Arts, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Paleontologists resist the idea that early humans called Neanderthals created any artworks. Their reasoning is sometimes circular. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ad hominem, Australopithecines, Australopithecus afarensis, Crete, Dave Farina, evolution, fossils, geologists, Graecopithecus, hominins, Homo sapiens, human evolution, intelligent design, John Hawks, Lucy, Miocene apes, Neanderthals, paleontologists, Professor Dave, Science Uprising, YouTube videos}

Examining “Professor Dave’s” Absurd Attack on Casey Luskin

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May 31, 2022

Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The attack on Luskin is the most ludicrous part of the non-professor’s video, with Farina claiming at one point that Luskin perpetrated “a criminal offense.” Read More ›