Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

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Human Origins and Anthropology

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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
August 31, 2023
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Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Darwin and the Smithsonian’s Racist Brain Collection

Andrew McDiarmid
August 31, 2023
Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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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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John G. West
Date
August 18, 2023
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Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Maura: The Woman Whose Brain Was Stolen and Stored by the Smithsonian 

John G. West
August 18, 2023
Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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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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John G. West
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August 17, 2023
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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Smithsonian’s Racist Brain Collection Exposed by Washington Post

John G. West
August 17, 2023
Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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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 ›
curiosity
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Eric Hedin
Date
August 7, 2023
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Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
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Asking Questions Demonstrates Human Exceptionalism

Eric Hedin
August 7, 2023
Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences
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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 ›
hominin tibia
Photo: Hominin tibia KNM-ER 741, after Fig. 1 in Pobiner et al. 2023, fair use.
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Günter Bechly
Date
July 28, 2023
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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Fossil Friday: Another Prediction Vindicated

Günter Bechly
July 28, 2023
Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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The virtual ink for my article had hardly dried when a story about a new discovery hit the news. Read More ›
Adam and Eve
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
July 18, 2023
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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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A Guide to Understanding Contemporary Models of Human Origins

Andrew McDiarmid
July 18, 2023
Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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Are there ways to reconcile the latest scientific evidence with traditional theological views? Read More ›
ravens
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 10, 2023
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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Our Ancestors Are Evolving, Just to Keep Up!

Denyse O’Leary
July 10, 2023
Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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Negative biases about our forebears have long been part of science, education, and popular culture. Why? Read More ›
Ovid Banished from Rome
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David Berlinski
Date
July 7, 2023
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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Ovid in His Exile

David Berlinski
July 7, 2023
Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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Schermerhorn Hall at Columbia University was the scene of many strange experiments. Read More ›
Tower-of-Babel
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David Klinghoffer
Date
July 3, 2023
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Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
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With Becket Cook, David Berlinski Discusses Speech as a Problem for Darwin, and More

David Klinghoffer
July 3, 2023
Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology
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Dog owners know that to look into your dog’s eyes is often to see that the dog has something he wishes to say but lacks the “machinery for externalization.” Read More ›
Homo rudolfensis
Photo credit: Gunnar Creutz, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Günter Bechly
Date
June 30, 2023
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Homo rudolfensis, Another Contentious Homo

Günter Bechly
June 30, 2023
Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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Considering the checkered history of grandiose claims and controversies in paleoanthropology, some caution may be wise. Read More ›

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