Tag: archeology

Neanderthal armed with lance, their part in Homo Sapiens Anthropology and Darwinian Theory.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 15, 2026

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Amazon, archeology, Ascent of Man, astrobiology, China, Darwinian evolution, Eurasia, evolutionary psychology, forebears, genomes, glaciers, Greece, Jonathan Cheng, Matthew Phelan, Neanderthals, rainforest, Ross Andersen, Sanxingdui, Stone Age, subhumans, The Atlantic, UC Berkeley, Wall Street Journal}

Human Evolution Needs Subhumans, and Needs Them Badly

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 15, 2026

Cultural Anthropology, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Excavation of Neanderthal and other sites is leveling even further the fabled Ascent of Man. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 23, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, archeology, brain development, burial sites, cave walls, childhood development, cognitive functioning, culture, DNA, evolution, fossils, Friedrich Alexander University, genes, genetics, genome, human mind, human origins, Indiana University Bloomington, intelligence, Kyoto University, language, modern humans, Neanderthals, Nurnberg, researchers, Scientific American, Tom Schoenemann}

Get Smart: Neanderthals Progress from Brute to Beaut

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 23, 2026

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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We must be ready to ask some questions about many of the evolution stories we have taken for granted. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
May 8, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, archeology, arrow, bullseye, carbon-12 resonance, cosmology, creator, debates, explorer, fine-tuning, God Hypothesis, heliocentric model, Judeo-Christian tradition, jungle, Justin Brierley, natural philosophy, Occam’s razor, Phil Halper, physics, predictions, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Stone Age, Stonehenge, target, The Story of Everything, Thomas Kuhn}

Extraordinary: Stephen Meyer and Phil Halper Debate the God Hypothesis

_{Jonathan Witt
May 8, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

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I could say more on the subject, but much of it is in this fantastic conversation — "the toughest debate I've ever had," as Halper graciously says at the end. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
April 17, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Metascience
Science Education
Tagged
, archeology, biological origins, cryptography, data integrity, data science, Design Inference, Forensics, information, intelligent design, Nature (journal), physicists, Piltdown Man, plagiarism, probabilities, probability, randomness, Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, specification, Stanford University, University of Rochester, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Leveraging the Design Inference for Effectively Falsifying Data

_{William A. Dembski
April 17, 2024

Intelligent Design, Metascience, Science Education

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The academy raises generation after generation of inept data falsifiers who embrace the foolish naiveté that their shenanigans are immune to discovery. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 7, 2024

Categories
Arts
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Paleontology
Tagged
, archeology, baboons, beavers, Darwinian theory, genetic admixture, Günter Bechly, hominins, human origins, humans, Neanderthals, paleontologists, primates, rocks}

Human Origins and the Beginning of Art

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 7, 2024

Arts, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Paleontology

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There is now evidence of something like artwork among several ancient human types, not just Neanderthals. Thus, an academic controversy has arisen. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 25, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, archeology, Casey Luskin, documentaries, Homo naledi, human origins, ID the Future, Lee Berger, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, Netflix, paleontology, Rising Star Cave, science fiction, Scientific American, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal}

Science or Science Fiction? Scientists Debate

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 25, 2024

Bioethics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

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Should some Netflix documentaries be labeled science fiction? Two are currently targeted by researchers in paleontology and archeology respectively. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ancestors, archeology, cave art, Czech Republic, David Coppedge, human origins, humans, intelligence, Neanderthals, Racism, ravens, sexism, UNESCO, University of Tübingen, whiteness}

Our Ancestors Are Evolving, Just to Keep Up!

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 10, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Negative biases about our forebears have long been part of science, education, and popular culture. Why? Read More ›

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Date
January 11, 2023

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Americas, archeology, Brazil, charcoal, hominins, humans, Ice Age, Kenya, monkeys, Nature (journal), tools}

Monkeys, Not Humans, Likely Made Ancient Brazilian Tools

_{Science & Culture
January 11, 2023

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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The stone objects, dated from 50,000 years ago, look like the ones made by capuchin monkeys today. Read More ›

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Date
August 31, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, anthropology, archeology, BioLogos, Brown University, Charles Darwin, Darwinists, Deborah Haarsma, evolution, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, Kenneth Miller, Michael Flannery, Modern Synthesis, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Reductionism, teleology, The Descent of Man, The World of Life}

Biology’s “Best-Kept Secret” — Alfred Wallace’s Classic Is Out Now in a New Edition

_{Science & Culture
August 31, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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On the subject of evolution, the scientific “consensus” depends on maintaining the our forgetfulness of Charles Darwin’s great partner, rival, and challenger. Read More ›

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Author
Kirk Durston

Date
August 2, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, "God of the gaps", archeology, CERN, Cold War, DNA, fingerprints, Forensics, functional information, genomes, intelligence, intelligent design, Jack Szostak, James Tour, Large Hadron Collider, Michael Behe, ocean, Robert Hazen, scientific method, SETI, smartphones, Stephen Meyer}

A Scientific Method for Design Detection

_{Kirk Durston
August 2, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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My first exposure to intelligent design detection in science took place during a summer job with National Defence Research in 1978 as an engineering student. Read More ›