Tag: cave art

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 14, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Akkadians, archaeologists, archaeology, art, Bible, Carly Cassella, cave art, caves, Darwinian paradigm, Darwinism, elephant bird, evolution, fire, Hittites, human origins, immigrations, King Tut, Neanderthals, Paul Pettitt, Rosetta Stone, Science Alert, subhumans, Sumerians, 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
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 6, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Ardales, brain, Bruniquel cave, Cantabria, cave art, Durham University, Extremadura, France, handprints, history, installation art, La Pasiega, La Roche Cotard, Loire Valley, Malaga, Maltravieso, materialists, mind, modern humans, Neanderthal art, Neanderthals, Palaeolithic cave art, Paul Pettit, pencil drawings, pigments, Spain, stalactites}

Could Neanderthals Create Art, or Were They Not Evolved Enough?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 6, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Materialists have long sought to show that Neanderthals were less mentally evolved than modern humans. Read More ›

Cave with cave drawings. Cartoon mountain scene background Primitive cave paintings. ancient petroglyphs.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 22, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Psychology
Tagged
, Antony Flew, artifacts, brain, cave art, death, dying, Gary Wenk, graveyard, human beings, Marilyn Mendoza, Michael Egnor, Neanderthals, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Ohio State University, paleontology, periaqueductal gray, presumption of atheism, pseudoscience, psychology, Psychology Today, The Immortal Mind, There Is a God}

In Study of Human Psychology, the Power of “Maybe”

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 22, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology, Psychology

5}

This is not science and is not a good look for a psychology that purports to have some relationship with science. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 16, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, antibiotics, body decoration, burial, cave art, compassion, Darwin critics, Darwinian evolution, Down syndrome, fire, gene pool, genetic admixture, glue, Homo sapiens, humankind, jewelry, music, Neanderthals, painkillers, Science (journal), Spain, stone circles}

Fossil Friday: Human Nature of Neanderthals Supported Again

_{Günter Bechly
August 16, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

9}

Extended caregiving for a strongly disabled child is a highly non-Darwinian behavior that indeeds suggests compassion on a level only found in humans. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 2, 2024

Categories
Anatomy
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, antibiotics, behavior, body decoration, cave art, cavemen, Fossil Friday (series), gene pool, genetic admixture, glue, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, human nature, human uniqueness, jewelry, Neanderthals, ochre, painkillers, seafood, stone circles, Svante Pääbo, Thomas Huxley, University of Toronto}

Fossil Friday: New Evidence for the Human Nature of Neanderthals

_{Günter Bechly
February 2, 2024

Anatomy, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

17}

What is at stake is not just some esoteric species problem in the ivory tower, but the very question of human nature and human uniqueness. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 8, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, adults, cave art, charcoal, children, footprints, human development, human mind, human origins, human technology, Ice Age, Italy, Russia, Stone Age, stone tools}

Childhood in the Ice Age — What Was It Like?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 8, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

4}

Having reached a point now known as the “Sala dei Misteri,” they left signatures of their time there. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 9, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, ABC News, Casey Luskin, cave art, fire, Homo naledi, human origins, ID the Future, intelligence, Lee Berger, Marketing, Netflix, podcast, preprints}

Not Enough Evidence: Casey Luskin on Recent Homo naledi Claims

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 9, 2023

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

3}

They claim that the small-brained species had high intelligence and engaged in activities like burying their dead, using fire, and engaging in cave wall art. 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, Howard University, 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

4}

Negative biases about our forebears have long been part of science, education, and popular culture. Why? 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, Gibraltar, Griffith University, hominids, Homo naledi, human origins, intelligence, Kenya, Lee Berger, María Martinón-Torres, 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

13}

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 ›

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Date
February 22, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Africa, Ann Gauger, Australopithecines, cave art, Colin Reeves, Denisovans, Dennis Venema, DNA, Europe, Homo, Homo sapiens, human origins, Leslie Aiello, modern humans, Neanderthals, Ola Hössjer, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, Siegrid Hartwig-Scherer, Spain, theistic evolution, Wall Street Journal}

Adam and the Genome and Neanderthal Cave Art

_{Science and Culture
February 22, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

4}

As if on cue, science news today reports a remarkable discovery from Spain. Read More ›