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Image: Adam and Eve, by Tintoretto [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

More Backstory on Our First-Couple Paper: Why Wasn’t This Done Before?

For the last forty years, population geneticists have repeatedly said that our population was never smaller than several thousand. Read More ›
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A First Couple? Here’s the Backstory

Could humanity have had its origin in a first pair, or did it have to come from a population of at least several thousand? Read More ›
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New BIO-Complexity Paper: 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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Photo: Australopithecus africanus skull, by José Braga; Didier Descouens [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

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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More on How Chimps and Humans Differ: Anatomy and Behavior

It seems obvious: humans and chimps differ markedly. But as Wesley Smith noted yesterday, it is not so obvious to the editors of Human Evolution. Read More ›
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More on How Chimps and Humans Differ: Human-Specific Genes

“We don’t splice our RNA the same way chimps do,” says biologist Dr. Ann Gauger, continuing a conversation with host Sarah Chaffee. Read More ›
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Abandoning Darwinism: Gelernter Talks with Meyer, Berlinski

This wonderful conversation gives you a sense of what a really free exchange of views would be like, the beauty and interest of it, were such a thing permitted on university campuses. Read More ›
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Sunset in savannah of Africa with acacia trees, Safari in Serengeti of Tanzania
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Upright Walking and African Witch Doctors

In seeking to explain what makes humans exceptional, current evolutionists convert guesswork into a methodology, as humans did for long ages in the pre-scientific past. Read More ›
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Photo: John Derbyshire (center) discusses “6 Ways Race Realism Can Go Mainstream,” via YouTube (screen shot).

John Derbyshire: A Useful Darwinian Racist

I didn’t intend to “savage” Derbyshire. I wanted to encourage him in his writing. Read More ›

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