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Sahelanthropus
Photo: Sahelanthropus tchadensis, by Didier Descouens (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

For Paleoanthropology, Dawn of Another Annus Horribilis

In 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Chadian Sahara Desert. Read More ›
woman and bonobo
Photo: Woman, Pan sapiens, chats with a bonobo, Pan paniscus, by Wcalvin (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Homo sapiens, or Pan sapiens?

A snarky proposal, among others aimed at deflating the idea of humankind's exceptional place in nature, suggests that our species is really misnamed. Read More ›
chimp hand
Photo credit: Alexas_Fotos, via Pixabay.

Adam and the Genome and Synteny

“Synteny refers to how well chromosomal sequences from different species align with one another.” Read More ›
man-and-ape

Adam and the Genome and Human-Ape Genetic Similarity

Perhaps, humans, gorillas, and orangutans were designed based upon a common blueprint. Read More ›
homo erectus
Photo: Skull fragment, Homo erectus, by Commie cretan (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

An Uncommonly Clear Discussion of Human Origins

As Ann Gauger explains, there’s a gap of about a million years between when Australopithecines seem to depart from the fossil record and when modern humans unambiguously appear. Read More ›
couple

On Prejudiced Models and Human Origins

Recently Dennis Venema joined with Scot McKnight to publish a book, Adam and the Genome, in which they claim that there never was an original pair of humans like Adam and Eve. Read More ›
Ahlberg footprints
Crete
Photo: Trachilos footprints, by Andrzej Boczarowski, via Uppsala University.

Happy New Year! #1 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Footprints from Crete Deepen Origins Mystery

For the established scientific consensus on human evolution, 2017 was a genuine annus horribilis. Read More ›
Out-of-Africa

“It’s Official”: Textbook Wisdom on Human Origins Is Wrong!

I hardly dared to dream that, as an early Christmas present, 2017 would close with a final blow to the Out of Africa story. Read More ›
Chimp typing
human origins
Photo credit: New York Zoological Society [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

What, Another “Rewrite” of the Human Origins Story? How About a Rethink, Instead?

Sometimes predictions are not only fulfilled but over-fulfilled. Read More ›
Merry-go-round
BioLogos
Photo source: Puzzlebug77, via Pixabay.

Much Ado at BioLogos?

We have our Kremlinologists who observe the BioLogos website for hints of what ideas, and which people, are up or down in the world of theistic evolution. Read More ›

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