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Ann Gauger

Date
December 29, 2018

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Human Origins and Anthropology
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, __cedited, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, alleles, Andreas Wagner, BioLogos, bottleneck, Broad Institute, convergent evolution, Dennis Venema, DNA, Francisco Ayala, genotype, haplotypes, HLA-DRB1, homoplasy, intelligent design, Richard Buggs, S. Joshua Swamidass, Steve Schaffner, theistic evolution, Washington University}

#4 of Our Top Stories of 2018: A First Human Couple? New Evidence and Arguments

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December 29, 2018

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A bottleneck of two, or a first pair at our origin older than 500,000 years, is possible. Read More ›

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December 25, 2018

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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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, __cedited, animals, bottleneck, generations, Human Evolution (journal), human origins, humans, inference, intelligent design, most recent common ancestor, mutation rate, neutral evolution, population, Rockefeller University, species, University of Basel}

Merry Christmas! #8 of Our Top Stories of 2018: Humans and Animals Are (Mostly) the Same Age?

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December 25, 2018

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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I am intrigued, but to be honest, I don’t quite know what to make of it just yet, and don’t want to jump to any conclusions. Read More ›

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Ann Gauger

Date
December 5, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __cedited, Africa, BioLogos, Charles Darwin, Daily Mail, DNA, Ernst Mayr, Forbes, Genetics and the Origin of Species (book), Homo sapiens, Human Evolution (journal), human origins, isolation, Michael Marshall, mitochondria, mitochondrial Eve, Nature (journal), Peaceful Science, speciation, species, theistic evolution, Theodosius Dobzhansky, women, Y chromosome, Y-chromosome Adam}

Does Barcoding DNA Reveal a Single Human Ancestral Pair?

_{Ann Gauger
December 5, 2018

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I don’t think the study can claim all the things it does based on the evidence they have. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 28, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
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, __cedited, China, Darwinian theory, East Africa, East Asia, Ethiopia, Europeans, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, human origins, India, Israel, Middle Palaeolithic, Middle Pleistocene, Misliya cave, modern humans, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, New Scientist, Racism, rewriting}

Rewriting Human Origins, Ongoing in East Asia

_{Günter Bechly
November 28, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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The reason all these new discoveries are so noteworthy is not because they represent the usual progress of science. Read More ›

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Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 12, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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, __cedited, amino acids, antifreeze protein, biological information, Darwinian evolution, education, human origins, icefish, macroevolution, malaria, Michael Behe, microevolution, nucleotides, proteins, skin color, Smithsonian Institution, The Edge of Evolution}

On Human Origins, Smithsonian Teaching Resources Oversell Evolution

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 12, 2018

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Philosophical questions like who we are and where we came from are surely worth considering. But nothing in these documents will bring students closer to being able to do so in an informed manner. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, Belgium, colonialism, Darwinian theory, evolution, history, human evolution, Human Zoos, indigenous people, John Hawks, John West, Maine, npr, paleoanthropology, Philippines, Politics, Racism, scientific racisim, St. Louis World's Fair, U.S. Presidents, United States}

Human Zoos — International, Still Being Airbrushed

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October 16, 2018

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The Belgian human zoo sounds exactly like the St. Louis equivalent just a few years later. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
September 22, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __edited, altruism, animals, artificial intelligence, bonobos, Carl Zimmer, evolution, humans, intellect, just-so stories, machines, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, tools, will}

Michael Egnor on Animal Generosity

_{David Klinghoffer
September 22, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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The failure to understand the gulf that separates humans from animals, and humans from machines, is a source of confusion to rival almost any other. Read More ›

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Ann Gauger

Date
September 18, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Psychology
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, __cedited, animals, beauty, brain, C.S. Lewis, chimpanzees, consciousness, Darwinian evolution, David Premack, emotions, Jane Goodall, love, mastodons, nerve cells, perception, poetry, rational thought, soul, University of Pennsylvania}

Beyond Adaptation: The Human Brain Is Something New

_{Ann Gauger
September 18, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Psychology

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Our brains have vastly more ability than is needed for survival, most notably the capacity for language and abstract thought. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 10, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
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, __cedited, “nones”, Alfred Russel Wallace, Christianity, creation, evolution, faith, history, human origins, intelligent design, Judaism, materialism, Orthodox Jews, Pew Research Center}

On Rosh Hashanah, a Note on Origins and Evidence

_{David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2018

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The origin and nature of man should be important to any thoughtful human being, of any religion or none. Read More ›

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Ann Gauger

Date
August 12, 2018

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Human Origins and Anthropology
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, __cedited, Adam and Eve, BioLogos, faith, Fazale Rana, Genesis, human origins, interbreeding, John Bloom, S. Joshua Swamidass, theistic evolution, theology}

Dabar Postscript

_{Ann Gauger
August 12, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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A participant did not like that I called his origins model “idiosyncratic,” or that I characterized the reaction to it as “cautious.” Oh well. Read More ›