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Evolution of Human Consciousness Solved! — Yet Again

What does the term “evolution” contribute to the discussion of the origin of human consciousness? Read More ›
Neanderthal Musuem
Photo: Neanderthal Musuem, Germany, by Clemens Vasters, via Flickr (cropped).

Human Origins: All in the Family

If a Neanderthal walked down the street, appropriately dressed, you probably wouldn’t notice. Read More ›
Homo erectus pekinensis
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Image: An artist imagines Homo erectus pekinensis, by Cicero Moraes [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Big Bang Origin of Homo

This unbridged gap between the ape-like australopithecines and the abruptly appearing human-like members of our genus challenges evolutionary accounts. Read More ›
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Photo: Foot of Homo naledi, by Lee Roger Berger research team [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Human Fossil Record Lacks Intermediaries

The news media might be heavily biased toward evolution, but at least it is predictable. Read More ›
Australopithecus afarensis
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Photo: An artist imagines Australopithecus afarensis, Hall of Human Origins, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History; reconstruction by John Gurche; photographed by Tim Evanson / CC BY-SA.

Australopithecines and Retroactive Confessions of Ignorance

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 ›
Ardipithecus ramidus
Photo: Ardipithecus ramidus, by Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Standard Story of Human Evolution: A Critical Look

Whatever Ardi was, everyone agrees the fossils was initially badly crushed and needed extensive reconstruction. Read More ›
homo erectus
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Photo: Skull fragment, Homo erectus, by Commie cretan (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Do Fossils Demonstrate Human Evolution? Let’s Consider the Technical Literature

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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Image credit: Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Got These Bad Habits? Blame Neanderthals!

Neanderthal man, long extinct as a separate human group, now explains why we smoke and drink to excess… Read More ›
Svante Pääbo
Photo: Svante Pääbo, by Jonathunder, GFDL 1.2 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html>, via Wikimedia Commons.

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

These are welcome and candid observations, refuting notions that human origins is a fully objective area of research. Read More ›
Darwinius
Photo: Darwinius marsillae, Franzen et al. 2009, via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.

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

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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