Tag: ABC News

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 9, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, ABC News, Casey Luskin, cave art, fire, Homo naledi, human origins, ID the Future, intelligence, Lee Berger, Marketing, Netflix, podcast, preprints}

Not Enough Evidence: Casey Luskin on Recent Homo naledi Claims

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 9, 2023

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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They claim that the small-brained species had high intelligence and engaged in activities like burying their dead, using fire, and engaging in cave wall art. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 22, 2023

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ABC News, afterlife, Arizona State University, bioRxiv, brain, burial, Chris Stringer, Dinaledi Chamber, documentary, eLife, evolution, fire, Homo naledi, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, intelligence, La Trobe University, Lee Berger, María Martinón-Torres, micromorphology, Natural History Museum, Nature (journal), paleoanthropology, peer review, religion, skeletons, The Guardian, University of Western Australia}

Peer Review Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Used Fire, and Scrawled on Cave Wall

_{Casey Luskin
September 22, 2023

Cultural Anthropology, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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I could not find a single reviewer who accepted the claims of the papers. They were harshly critical of claims of intentional burial of the skeletons. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 7, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ABC News, archaeologists, Associated Press, Australia, bioRxiv, burial, cave art, chimpanzees, fire use, Germany, Gibraltar, Griffith University, hominids, Homo naledi, human origins, intelligence, Kenya, Lee Berger, María Martinón-Torres, Natural History Museum, Neanderthals, New York Times, Newsweek, paleontology, Phys.org, Rising Star Cave, Science News, skeletons, Spain, The Conversation, Wall Street Journal}

Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”

_{Casey Luskin
June 7, 2023

Archaeology, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

13}

Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10. Read More ›

Selective focus on a tall, dark lamp post during a snow storm in the pacific northwest woodland

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 23, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", ABC News, apes, beauty, C.S. Lewis, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, Christianity, creator, evolution, Germans, intelligent design, lions, Mere Christianity, Milky Way, morality, natural selection, natural world, naturalism, Nightline, nothing buttery, random mutation, World War I}

C. S. Lewis Helps Us See Design in Three Dimensions

_{Ann Gauger
April 23, 2020

Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Just for a little while turn off the PBS science narrator in your head. Why should there be beauty? What is it for? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 14, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, ABC News, atheism, BBC News, biotech, Bob Dylan, brain, Christianity, computers, Duke University, eschatology, hawk, Jesus Christ, Oxford University, Princeton University, Ray Kurzweil, salvation, second coming, Singularity, transhumanism, Yale University, Zoltan Istvan}

Transhumanism: A Wail of Despair in the Night

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 14, 2018

Bioethics, Philosophy

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Transhumanists seek to “seize control of human evolution” by harnessing the naked power of biotech, cyber tech, and computer tech. Read More ›