Category: Paleontology | Page 27 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 24, 2021

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, __nedited, 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, Orrorin, Science Uprising, Smithsonian Institution, Thomas Jefferson, whiteness}

Evolution Theater: Smithsonian Whitewashes Human Origins

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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
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 23, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, biological origins, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, common descent, Darwinism, evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, fossil record, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, paleontology, Science Uprising, State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, unguided evolution, waiting-time problem, Wikipedia}

Günter Bechly: Why the Fossil Record Points to Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
November 23, 2021

Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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He covers how “a lightbulb went on” for him about Darwinism, the fatal waiting time problem, why the ballyhooed extended synthesis fails to save the day for evolution, and more. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 19, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, Anomalocaris, behaviors, brains, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Canada, cell types, Charles Darwin, Charnia, China, Darwin's Doubt, Dickinsonia, evolution, fossil record, Hallucigenia, mollusks, National Museum of Natural History, organs, oxygen, Smithsonian Institution, Spriggina, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Woodward, Tribrachidium, trilobites, Wiwaxia}

Smithsonian Glosses Over the Cambrian Explosion

_{David Coppedge
November 19, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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The nation’s museum cannot ignore the collection of fossils Walcott sent them from the Burgess Shale. But can they explain them away? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 17, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Darwinists, debate, evolution, fossils, Günter Bechly, Science Uprising, Stephen Meyer, YouTube videos}

Hank Green: Evolution “Is a Thing, Not a Debate” — Science Uprising on Fossils Shows Otherwise

_{David Klinghoffer
November 17, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

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You may wonder about the guy who delivers the smug assurance about fossils and evolution. Who is he? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 15, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Darwinian theory, evolution, explosions, fossil record, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Jeffrey Schwartz, jumps, paleontology, premiere, Richard Sternberg, Science Uprising, Stephen Meyer, University of Pittsburgh, YouTube videos, Zeus}

New Science Uprising Episode Asks, “Just How Bad Is the Fossil Record for Darwin’s Theory?”

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November 15, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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The fossil record is not a good match with Darwinian thinking, but it makes a strong pairing with intelligent design. 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, Bernard Wood, brain size, chimpanzees, Denisovans, DNA, evolution, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Lucy, Middle Pleistocene, most recent common ancestor, Neanderthals, pseudogenes, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), 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
Neil Thomas

Date
November 10, 2021

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, evolution, How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin (series), Louis Pasteur, macromutations, Mars, micromutations, Niles Eldredge, Paul Davies, sociobiology, Stanley Miller, Stephen Jay Gould, Viking mission, William Harvey}

Fables of Evolutionary Psychology (aka Sociobiology)

_{Neil Thomas
November 10, 2021

Chemistry, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Paleontology

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Evolutionary psychologists are prone to make up just-so stories which are then passed off as being entirely veridical. 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, 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 ›

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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, 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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Date
November 3, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, evolution, New Scientist, New World monkeys, Peru, PNAS, radiodont, rafting, Royal Society Open Science, Science (journal), The Conversation, University of Oxford, Utah}

Fossil Follies from Around the Science Literature

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November 3, 2021

Evolution, Paleontology

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Evolutionary anthropologists will have to drastically revise the timeline of the first human arrivals in North America. Read More ›