Tag: archaeology

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 24, 2026

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, archaeology, China, Chris Stringer, Denisovans, evolution, evolutionary narrative, evolutionary timeline, Günter Bechly, hominins, Homo erectus, Homo longi, Homo sapiens, human evolution, London, media, morphological data, morphology, Natural History Museum, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, revision, Rick Potts, Science (journal), Science Advances, skulls, Susan Antón, Xiaobo Feng, Yunxian 2, Yunxian skulls}

Like It Never Happened: Yunxian Skulls Reassigned Based on Evolution, Not Data

_{Casey Luskin
February 24, 2026

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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As Günter Bechly used to wryly observe, human evolution is a subject that is constantly being “rewritten,” often accompanied by much media fanfare. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
January 20, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, AI Overview, archaeology, art, Bas van Fraassen, biology, ChatGPT, complex specified information, computation, computer science, Conservation of Information, control, cryptography, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, Ernest Nagel, experiment, fecundity, Forensics, function, gnana yoga, Grok, Hinduism, ID 3.0 Research Program, Imre Lakatos, information, intelligent design, James Tour, James Woodward, Karl Popper, large language models, Larry Laudan, law, Lex Fridman, living things, materialism, mathematics, mechanism, methodological naturalism, Michael Levin, Nancy Cartwright, naturalism, ontology, origin of life, patterns, Paul Feyerabend, philosophy, Pierre Duhem, Plato, Platonic space, pseudoscience, Richard Dawkins, Sandra Mitchell, scientific theory, SETI, steganography, Stephen Meyer, testability, testing, thermostats, Thomas Kuhn, Tufts University, Willard Van Orman Quine}

Michael Levin and the Philosophy of Intelligent Design

_{William A. Dembski
January 20, 2026

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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Levin is not a reflexive Darwinian materialist. Moreover, he touches on many themes that intelligent design theorists touch on. 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

5}

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
David Coppedge

Date
August 19, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archaeology, Biomimetics, California, cryptology, crystallography, Death Valley, design filter, fine-tuning, forensic science, geophysics, geysers, ice, intelligent design, lightning, magnets, optimization, rocks, Smithsonian Magazine, snowflakes, volcanoes}

Is Geomimetics an Intelligent Design Science? Well, Yes and No

_{David Coppedge
August 19, 2025

Environment & Climate, Geology, Intelligent Design

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Biomimetics, the imitation of nature’s designs, clearly qualifies as an ID science. What about “geomimetics” — the imitation of geophysics? 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 Klinghoffer

Date
May 5, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, 23andMe, Amazon, archaeology, Brown University, Columbia University, David Klinghoffer, dementia, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, epigenetics, genome, Greek, Greeks, humans, immaterial genome, journalism, Latin, Los Angeles, National Review, Orthodox Judaism, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Robert Rosen, whales, William F. Buckley Jr., yeast}

Spooked by Sternberg: From the Introduction to Plato’s Revenge

_{David Klinghoffer
May 5, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

7}

All familiar thinking about the genome assumes that it is, of course, purely material. From this premise, biologist Richard Sternberg radically departs. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
April 28, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, agency, archaeology, Big Bang, biology, Brian Miller, Cambrian Explosion, cells, complex and specified information, DNA, embryo, evolutionary, evolutionism, genes, heresy, historical sciences, history, immaterial genome, intelligent cause, intelligent design, J. Scott Turner, National Museum of Natural History, peer-reviewed literature, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Platonism, purpose, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Wall Street Journal}

Plato’s Revenge: Intelligent Design in Real Time

_{Emily Sandico
April 28, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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David Klinghoffer engages Richard Sternberg’s big questions, and a number of his own, on philosophical, scientific, and even highly personal planes. Read More ›

The Ongoing Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript: An Ancient Language and Peculiar Botanical Illustrations Awaiting Understanding

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Date
January 19, 2017

Categories
Archaeology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, __nedited, archaeology, book reviews, cryptology, design filter, Design Inference, design intuition, designer, heuristic, hieroglyphics, history, Paul Davies, Rosetta Stone, software analogy, translation, Unlocking the Mystery of Life}

Book Stumps Decoders: Design Filter, Please?

_{Science & Culture
January 19, 2017

Archaeology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

7}

A mysterious manuscript has baffled historians for centuries. Nobody, though, thinks it wasn't designed for a purpose. Read More ›

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post

Date
May 15, 2012

Categories
Archaeology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, archaeology, Research, science, SETI}

Intelligent Design in Action: Archaeology

_{Science & Culture
May 15, 2012

Archaeology, Intelligent Design

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Archaeology is the study of artifacts that have been designed for a purpose. Read More ›