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Science Says: Evolution Explains the Appeal of Baby Yoda

The problem is that you could just as easily say that babies were designed to attract care, as adults were designed to care for them. Read More ›
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Can Evolution Create Mind? Can We?

The arrival of humans on the scene of life is impossible to explain through unguided evolution alone, says Dr. Geoffrey Simmons. Read More ›
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Photo: Richard Owen (left); beside him is the skeleton of a giant moa, by John van Voorst [Public domain].

Richard Owen and Charles Darwin on Race: A Study in Contrasts

Darwin was unquestionably a racist, arguing that civilization would advance even at the cost of inevitable racial extermination. Read More ›
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Reflections on Our Ancient Past

I bring this up because some have claimed that I advocate a sole genetic progenitorship model for the first couple. Read More ›
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#2 of Our Top Stories of 2019: BIO-Complexity Paper Shows We Could Have Come from Two

New research confirms the possibility of a starting point of two humans instead of thousands. Ann Gauger reports. Read More ›
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#4 of Our Top Stories of 2019: Apeman Waves Goodbye to Darwinian Gradualism

A few days ago a sensational new paleontological discovery made headlines around the globe. Read More ›
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The Evolution of Neanderthal Spin

If evolutionary theory is true, there were millions of intermediate hominids between our nearest fully ape-like ancestor and ourselves. Read More ›
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Human Origins: Not a Simple Question

Is this proof of Adam and Eve? Far from it. It merely shows they might be possible. This model is scientific and as such is falsifiable. Read More ›
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Douglas Axe: On the 160th Anniversary of Darwin’s Origin, “Fear of Man,” the Cringe Factor, and More

I love how Dr. Axe, the Maxwell Professor of Molecular Biology at Biola, pulls no punches. Read More ›
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Bible. Old Testament. Creation. Genesis. God created Adam and Eve and provided all they needed in the Garden of Eden.
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“Unique Human Origins”: Explained

One scenario involves a first human pair created from scratch — Adam and Eve, as many traditional religious believers would have it. Read More ›

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