Category: Human Origins and Anthropology | Page 16

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 24, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Civic Biology, evolution, Evolution News, hair, Hall of Human Origins, Homo floresiensis, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, Human Zoos, John West, National Mall, National Museum of Natural History, Neanderthals, nose shapes, Racism, Science Uprising, Scopes Monkey Trial, skin colors, Smithsonian Institution, The Descent of Man}

Human Evolution as a “Path to Whiteness”

_{David Klinghoffer
November 24, 2021

Bioethics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The simplified and misleading science, which is supposed to be so up-to-date as to merit showcasing on the National Mall, retains the element of traditional Darwinian racism. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 24, 2021

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, __nedited, "Nebraska Man", Ardipithecus, Australopithecus sediba, bones, brain size, Cambrian Explosion, climate change, creator, Darwinism, Declaration of Independence, evolution, gradualism, hair, Hall of Human Origins, Homo erectus, Homo floresiensis, Homo naledi, human language, Human Zoos, humanity, Lucy, museum, National Museum of Natural History, Neanderthal DNA, Neanderthals, nose shapes, Orrorin, Science Uprising, skin colors, Smithsonian Institution, Thomas Jefferson, whiteness}

Evolution Theater: Smithsonian Whitewashes Human Origins

_{David Coppedge
November 24, 2021

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The museum makes a big deal of Lucy. Their portrayal has many more bones than the original! Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 23, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger, Annual Review of Genetics, apes, BioEssays, BioLogos, chimpanzees, Christianity, common ancestry, CRISPR, Dennis Venema, Evangelicals, evolution, evolutionary theory, functionality, Genealogical Adam and Eve, gorillas, hominids, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), intelligent design, Jesus Christ, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, macaques, methodological naturalism, Nature (journal), Nature Reviews Genetics, Ola Hössjer, Paul Nelson, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pseudogenes, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), RNA (journal), S. Joshua Swamidass, Science Signaling, Springer, Theist Evolution, theology, William Lane Craig}

Lessons Not Learned from the Evangelical Debate over Adam and Eve

_{Casey Luskin
November 23, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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To his credit, William Lane Craig is among those evangelicals who have been willing to question arguments against Adam and Eve. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 15, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Ann Gauger, BIO-Complexity, BioLogos, bottleneck, Calvin College, Christianity Today, Deborah Haarsma, Dennis Venema, DNA, Evangelical Christians, Evangelicals, evolutionary creation, evolutionary science, Francis Collins, human origin, humans, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Nature Ecology and Evolution, npr, Ola Hössjer, Queen Mary University, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Richard Buggs, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science and Human Origins, Scot McKnight, The Language of God, theistic evolution, Trinity Western University, William Lane Craig}

Lessons from the Evangelical Debate About Adam and Eve

_{Casey Luskin
November 15, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The standard evolutionary account of human origins holds that our population has always been in the thousands and humanity did not descend from an initial pair. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 12, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Aeon, Annual Review of Anthropology, Bernard Wood, brain size, chimpanzees, Denisovans, DNA, Donald Johanson, evolution, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Lucy, Mark Collard, Middle Pleistocene, most recent common ancestor, Neanderthals, pseudogenes, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), total energy expenditure, William Lane Craig}

Traditional or Not? Assessing William Lane Craig’s Model on Adam and Eve

_{Casey Luskin
November 12, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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I’m having trouble making sense of exactly what his model holds. And it seems I’m not alone. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 10, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Australopithecus, Bernard Wood, Bible, Christianity Today, Darwinian evolution, East Africa, evolution, FOXP2, Francis Collins, genes, Genetics (journal), Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, human intelligence, human origins, Ian Tattersall, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), integration, Journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution, mutations, Nature (journal), paleoanthropology, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Robin Williams, Sapiens (book), science and religion, The Language of God, Time Magazine, William Lane Craig, Yuval Noah Harari}

Missed Opportunity: Passing over Scientific Problems with Human Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
November 10, 2021

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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William Lane Craig’s rhetorical strategy is essentially to accept whatever mainstream evolutionary paleoanthropology says. Read More ›

Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 9, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Ancient Near East, biblical flood, Christianity, Denisovans, dinosaurs, Evolution News, Exodus, Genesis, Gospels, Hebrew, hominids, Homo sapiens, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Mesopotamia, Middle East, mytho-history, Neanderthals, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Satan, Scripture, Stephen Jay Gould, William Laine Craig, Young Earth Creationists}

Is Genesis “Mytho-History”? As a Guide to Scripture, William Lane Craig’s Book Falls Short

_{Casey Luskin
November 9, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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As an old earther, I was dismayed by Craig’s failure to engage with common old earth interpretations of Genesis. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 8, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Australopithecines, BioLogos, DNA, evolution, fossil record, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, junk DNA, mytho-history, Oxford University Press, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), William Lane Craig, Young Earth Creationists}

Coming Attraction: My Review of William Lane Craig’s In Quest of the Historical Adam

_{Casey Luskin
November 8, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Evangelical Christians who continue to embrace evolutionary ideas in the absence of confirming evidence continue to bet on the wrong horse. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 6, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, animal husbandry, biologists, Charles Darwin, Communism, Darwinism, East Germany, evolution, genetic code, Homo sapiens, How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin (series), missing links, Nazis, Piltdown Man, propaganda}

Darwin on Trial (Again)

_{Neil Thomas
November 6, 2021

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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My attempt to disentangle this “case” forensically was to lead me on what was often a surprising journey of discovery. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 2, 2021

Categories
Geology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecines, Big Bang, Casey Luskin, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Darwinian theory, evolution, fossil record, Homo sapiens, human origins, saltation, Science Uprising, scientific literature, South Africa}

Luskin: The “Big Bang” of Human Origins

_{David Klinghoffer
November 2, 2021

Geology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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That there would be something unique about human origins isn’t what you would expect based on evolutionary assumptions. Read More ›