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Photo: “Tree of Life,” a cave painting from Borneo, Indonesia, by Lhfage at English Wikipedia [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Adventures in New Places — A Conference on Human Origins

I asked fairly innocuous questions, realizing that I was being allowed to participate as long as I didn’t cause strife. Read More ›
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Photo: Allegorical depictions of Astronomy and Sculpture, incorporated in spandrels, Bela Pratt, Library of Congress Building, c. 1896, by Carptrash [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma

Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.” Read More ›
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Gauger: Rebel Science Versus Theistic Evolution

Is it really plausible to say that humans and chimps share an evolutionarily recent common ancestor, some 6 million years ago? Read More ›
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Photo: Denis Lamoureux debating with Stephen Meyer and Lawrence Krauss, University of Toronto, via YouTube (screen shot).

On Hominid Fossils and Universal Common Ancestry, Denis Lamoureux Distorts

Lamoureux is the theistic evolutionist who left an indelible impression a couple of years ago when he debated Stephen Meyer and atheist Lawrence Krauss. Read More ›
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Photo credit: MIH83, via Pixabay.

New Paper in Evolution Journal: Humans and Animals Are (Mostly) the Same Age?

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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Photo: Roseanne Barr, by Jonathan Mauer [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

In Evolutionary Thinking, Roseanne Barr’s Offensive Tweet Has a Long History

Some voices, if not necessarily thoughtful or serious ones, have recognized this, while at the same time missing the point. Read More ›
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Photo credit: “Jets of organic molecules, and molecular oxygen were found emerging from comet 67P/C-G,” by European Space Agency via Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology.

With New Theory of the Cambrian Explosion, Scientists Reach (Literally) for the Stars

Darwinists will respond with the usual mirthless hyena laughter. But this is no joke. Read More ›
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Image: By Aurelien Guichard from London, United Kingdom (changes by Rabanus Flavus) (File:St. Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle (1).jpg) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

Royal Wedding Sermon Goes Fire-Maker

Did Rev. Curry read Michael Denton? Maybe not, but it sure sounds like it. Read More ›
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Discussion Over: On Adam and the Genome, Former BioLogos Fellow Backs Down

Dennis Venema sought to persuade his fellow Christians that genetic science had disproven the traditional idea of a “bottleneck” of two human ancestors. Read More ›
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Image: The Creation of Adam, by Michelangelo Buonarroti [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Dennis Venema’s Adam and the Genome: A Case Study in Cognitive Bias

In a previous article I described how scientific training can condition some scientists’ minds to resist the evidence in nature for intelligent design. Read More ›

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