Tag: BBC

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 3, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, BBC, China, Chris Stringer, Denisovans, evolution, fossil record, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo longi, Homo sapiens, homoplasy, human origins, intelligent design, Live Science, London, Middle Pleistocene, Natural History Museum, Neanderthals, Ola Hössjer, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, Science (journal), skulls, Yunxian skulls}

Skulls from China Said to Push Origin of Homo sapiens Back to 1 Million Years

_{Casey Luskin
October 3, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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How many times have we been told that some new paleoanthropological find is “rewriting the story of human evolution”? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, BBC, Dogs, fear, guilt, humans, University of Guelph, University of Pennsylvania}

Can Dogs Feel Guilty?

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 8, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Dog expert Zazie Todd says no; when assessing dog emotions, we should think more simply. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 23, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, apes, Apollo 11, BBC, Eocene, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, History Channel, humans, Ida, media, Messel, missing links, monkeys, Norway, paleontology, primates, Wikipedia}

Fossil Friday: Darwinius, or How Wishful Thinking Makes a Missing Link

_{Günter Bechly
September 23, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The media campaign lead to headlines that were not content with calling the fossil a missing link but simply “THE link” or “the eighth wonder of the world.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 13, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, BBC, bees, consciousness, Dogs, dopamine, insect rights, intelligence, James Shapiro, Lars Chittka, materialism, New Scientist, panpsychism, Princeton University Press, sensations, The Mind of a Bee, The Scientist, University of Chicago, waggle dance}

What Is It Like to Be a Bee?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 13, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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What, exactly, does “consciousness” or “feel and think” mean when applied to a bee? This usage is no remote outpost. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
July 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Geology
Tagged
, Baden Powell, BBC, Bible, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Christianity, creation, Darwinism, faith, fundamentalism, Gospels, HMS Beagle, Honest to God, John Robinson, literalism, miracles, New Testament, Nick Spencer, Old Testament, original sin, orthodoxy, Oxford University, Pentateuch, Principles of Geology, rainbow, revelation, Richard Dawkins, Robert Fitzroy, Rudolf Bultmann, theology, Tower of Babel, Victorians}

Darwin, Lyell, and a Tale of Two Faiths

_{Neil Thomas
July 11, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Geology

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Darwin found himself in the unhappy position of having his faith undermined by what he saw as the non-directed processes of geological and biological evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 1, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, BBC, Egypt, evolution, fossils, geologists, holotype, imagination, legs, mandible, National Public Radio, New York Post, Newsweek, Sahara Desert, skeleton, vertebrae, whale evolution}

Evolutionary Imagination and Belief Drive False Claims of a “Four-Legged Whale”

_{Casey Luskin
September 1, 2021

Evolution, Science Reporting

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Perhaps this organism had four legs. Perhaps it had flippers. Perhaps it was closely related to whales. Perhaps it has nothing to do with whales. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 11, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, American Journal of Botany, angiosperms, Aphrodite, BBC, British Museum, China, Cretaceous Period, flowering plants, fossil record, gymnosperms, Jurassic, On the Origin of Species, paleobotanists, Patrick Herendeen, Richard Buggs, The Times (London)}

Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery”: Still Alive and Kicking

_{Günter Bechly
June 11, 2021

Evolution, Life Sciences

9}

Darwinists had hoped that 150 years of paleontological research since Darwin would surely make this nagging problem go away. Read More ›

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Date
March 18, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, BBC, Cosmos (series), crustaceans, Current Biology, Darwinian theory, dragonflies, Imperial College London, Italy, North Carolina, roundworms, spiders, tardigrades, The Conversation, The Scientist, University of Trento, UV light, water bears}

A Flea Circus of Small Animal Acrobats

_{Science and Culture
March 18, 2021

Intelligent Design

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Small animals amuse and amaze scientists who take a close look at them in action. Sometimes it requires a high-speed camera to analyze the trick. Read More ›

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Date
September 19, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, barnacles, BBC, Biomimetics, calcium, California, environmentalists, intelligent design, iron, materials science, Moringa oleifera, mother-of-pearl, nacre, Paul Nelson, Penn State, selenium, spider silk, University of Connecticut}

Walnuts: Intelligent Design in a Nutshell — Literally

_{Science and Culture
September 19, 2019

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Walnut shells are found to create 3-D puzzles with tissues that even toothy squirrels can’t easily crack. Read More ›

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Author
Marcos Eberlin

Date
July 12, 2019

Categories
Botany
Chemistry
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, animal kingdom, bacteria, BBC, carnivorous plants, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, devolution, digestive system, Dionaea muscipula, evolution, evolutionary pathway, foresight, homology, homoplasy, insects, Marcos Eberlin, natural selection, Nepenthes, Nobel Prize, prey, Rainer Hedrich, United States, Venus flytrap}

The Lovable Venus Flytrap: A Design Analysis

_{Marcos Eberlin
July 12, 2019

Botany, Chemistry, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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A correspondent sends along this remarkable nature video from the BBC and asks a good question. Read More ›