Tag: archaeologists

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 29, 2026

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, archaeologists, artifacts, backpacking, cosmos, Darwinian evolution, dentistry, elephants, fossils, geodes, geological features, Griffith University, hand stencil, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, human genome, human mind, human origins, Indonesia, Middle Pleistocene, Moon, Neanderthals, PNAS, religion, Smithsonian Magazine, symbolic thinking, technology, timeline, tools}

It Was Technology, Not the Human Mind, that Advanced

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 29, 2026

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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At one time, we were encouraged to interpret ancient humans as a long, slow, Darwinian ascent of man. But maybe that didn’t really happen. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 14, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, archaeologists, archaeology, art, Bible, Carly Cassella, cave art, caves, Darwinian paradigm, Darwinism, evolution, fire, human origins, King Tut, Neanderthals, Paul Pettitt, Rosetta Stone, Science Alert, subhumans, The Conversation, University of Durham}

Perhaps Neanderthals Never Truly Went Extinct

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 14, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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A critical part of the original tale of the Neanderthals is that, because they were stupid, we smarter, more evolved modern humans finished them off. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 28, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, ancestors, archaeologists, Asia, axes, bones, China, evolution, history, hominins, human mind, humans, leaves, meat, Michael Egnor, Middle Pleistocene, Mihai Andrei, nuts, seeds, The Immortal Mind, tools, ZME Science}

Prehistoric Humans Were Not So Brutish After All

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 28, 2025

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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Overall, our ancestors have persistently failed to be anywhere near as stupid as current evolutionary theory requires. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 7, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Technology
Tagged
, archaeologists, archaeology, Ars Technica, Eurasia, Europe, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, Neanderthals, paleontology, Phys.org, weapons}

Slow-Witted? Neanderthals Invented Their Own Tech — Didn’t Copy

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 7, 2025

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology, Technology

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Neanderthals cannot be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for. But if the human mind has no history, there is no missing link. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 28, 2024

Categories
Archaeology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, algorithms, anthropologists, archaeologists, design detection, design filter, graffiti, historians, history, intelligent design, New Scientist, Peru, PNAS, UNESCO}

Using AI to Discover Intelligent Design

_{David Coppedge
October 28, 2024

Archaeology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Hundreds of faint archaeological geoglyphs were found by training AI on aerial photographs of the Nazca plain in Peru. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 30, 2024

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, archaeologists, birds, bison, Casey Luskin, cave bears, cooking, Darwinian theory, horses, human mind, human origins, Neanderthals, Portugal, The Descent of Man, wolves, ZME Science}

The Joy of (Neanderthal) Cooking

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 30, 2024

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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The Darwinian account of the human race would be much easier to believe in good faith if scientists could point to a clearly inferior and clearly human being. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 3, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstraction, animals, archaeologists, chimpanzees, crows, dolphins, hands, Harvard University, life forms, monkeys, octopuses, Oxford University, sea urchins, tools}

War on Human Exceptionalism Turns to Tool Use

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 3, 2024

Environment & Climate, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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As the academic war on human exceptionalism motors on, researchers’ thinking sometimes shorts out — and they don’t even notice. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 31, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Amazonia, archaeologists, BBC News, Darwin's Finches, Ecuador, fitness landscapes, Galápagos Islands, Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, Jonathan Wells, NASA, New Scientist, PNAS, rainforest, The Conversation, The Design Inference, Zombie Science (book)}

Hidden, Now Revealed: Amazonia, Fitness Landscapes, and Fibonacci Numbers

_{David Coppedge
January 31, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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The caption for one image of spiral galaxy NGC 628 notes: “The spiraling filamentary structure looks somewhat like a cross section of a nautilus shell.” 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, Griffith University, hominids, Homo naledi, human origins, intelligence, Kenya, Lee Berger, 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

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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 ›