Type post Date November 18, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & ScienceHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, history, science On New Model for Human Ancestry, Mathematician Ola Hössjer Responds to Critics Science & Culture November 18, 2016 Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology 1 Over at the BioLogos Forum, a couple of scientists have taken on two new BIO-Complexity papers by Hössjer, Gauger, and Reeves. Read More ›
Type post Author Ann Gauger Date November 7, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & ScienceHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, science In BIO-Complexity, a New Model for Human Ancestry Ann Gauger November 7, 2016 Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology 1 In 2012 at a scientific conference I met a Swedish population geneticist named Ola Hössjer. Read More ›
Type post Author Jonathan Witt Date October 23, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, Science Capuchin Monkey Throws Wrench into Human Evolution Story Jonathan Witt October 23, 2016 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 1 The New York Times was quick to minimize the significance of the discovery. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date October 9, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, Research, science From the “Nothing Special” Files — Apes and Their Theory of Mind David Klinghoffer October 9, 2016 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 1 The business about knocking us down from a pedestal is based on a false premise. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date September 27, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and AnthropologyIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, The Biology of the Baroque, video Human Speech as a Stumbling Block for Darwinism — Distilled to Five Minutes David Klinghoffer September 27, 2016 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design 1 As biologist Michael Denton explains, evolutionary theory chokes on what is non-adaptive or "beyond-adaptive." Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date September 19, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and AnthropologyIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __k-review, Science Language Is a Rock Against Which Evolutionary Theory Wrecks Itself Michael Egnor September 19, 2016 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind 1 Language is the tool by which we think abstractly. It is sui generis. It is a gift, a window into the human soul. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date September 1, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract thinking, designators, grammar, human exceptionalism, human nature, meaning, purposefulness, qualia, signals, speech, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe Why Does Man Have Language? Michael Egnor September 1, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 5 Both humans and other animals use signs. Signs are things that direct attention to something else. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 31, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __tedited, abstract thought, behaviorism, communication, designators, grammar, human exceptionalism, human language, immaterial mind, language, language organ, Noam Chomsky, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe, universals, words Tom Wolfe on Language and Evolution Michael Egnor August 31, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind 6 I think that Noam Chomsky is fundamentally right, and I am skeptical of Daniel Everett's claim. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date August 30, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __tedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, human language, linguists, Noam Chomsky, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe In The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe Tells the Story of Evolution’s Epic Tumble David Klinghoffer August 30, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology 8 Darwinian evolution explains biological trivia but stumbles when it comes to the major innovations in the long history of life. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date August 11, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, Fire-Maker, science, video Fire Season — Contrast Evolutionary Speculations with Michael Denton’s Case in Fire-Maker David Klinghoffer August 11, 2016 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 1 Multiple recent studies consider how man acquired fire and the impact that had on human history. Read More ›
