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Australopithecus afarensis
human origins
Photo: An artist imagines Australopithecus afarensis, Hall of Human Origins, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History; reconstruction by John Gurche; photographed by Tim Evanson / CC BY-SA.

Australopithecines and Retroactive Confessions of Ignorance

If a few teeth of intermediate size and shape make “the most complete chain of human evolution,” then the evidence for human evolution must be quite modest. Read More ›
Sahelanthropus
Photo: Sahelanthropus, by Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: Sahelanthropus, to Be or Not to Be Bipedal

On the morning of July 19, 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Sahara Desert. Read More ›
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All photos in this article are by David Coppedge.

Evolution Theater: Smithsonian Whitewashes Human Origins

The museum makes a big deal of Lucy. Their portrayal has many more bones than the original! Read More ›
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Ardipithecus ramidus is a species of australopithecine from the Afar region of Early Pliocene Ethiopia 4.4 million years ago
Image Credit: Iliya Mitskavets - Adobe Stock

Adam and the Genome and Hominid Fossils

Despite Dennis Venema’s statements to the contrary, there is no clear-cut lineage of fossils leading from ape-like hominids to modern humans. Read More ›

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