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Those Puzzling Puritans and the Image of God

Surprisingly, it was Puritans who passed the first law ever, anywhere in the world, against domestic violence. Read More ›
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Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Image: Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger / Public domain.

New Article in Science Boosts Plausibility of a Primordial Pair

These new developments underscore the fact that there is no room for dogmatism about claims concerning the smallest population size of humans. Read More ›
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Darwin and the Smithsonian’s Racist Brain Collection

The motivation for the brain collection was to document how some people were supposedly lower on the evolutionary ladder than others. Read More ›
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Image: Advertisment created in 1904 for St. Louis World's Fair, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Maura: The Woman Whose Brain Was Stolen and Stored by the Smithsonian 

Maura was brought from the Philippines to the U.S. in 1904 to take part in one of the public displays of indigenous people at the St. Louis World’s Fair. Read More ›
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Smithsonian’s Racist Brain Collection Exposed by Washington Post

These human specimens were collected in large part to dramatize how non-white peoples were supposedly lower on the evolutionary ladder than whites. Read More ›
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Asking Questions Demonstrates Human Exceptionalism

This human trait of question-asking begins almost as soon as we learn to talk. Young children can confound their parents with their rapid-fire questions. Read More ›
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Photo: Hominin tibia KNM-ER 741, after Fig. 1 in Pobiner et al. 2023, fair use.

Fossil Friday: Another Prediction Vindicated

The virtual ink for my article had hardly dried when a story about a new discovery hit the news. Read More ›
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Image: The Temptation and Fall of Eve (cropped), by William Blake, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Guide to Understanding Contemporary Models of Human Origins

Are there ways to reconcile the latest scientific evidence with traditional theological views? Read More ›
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Our Ancestors Are Evolving, Just to Keep Up!

Negative biases about our forebears have long been part of science, education, and popular culture. Why? Read More ›
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Ovid in His Exile

Schermerhorn Hall at Columbia University was the scene of many strange experiments. Read More ›

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