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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 10, 2021

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, Australopithecus afarensis, bipedalism, chimpanzees, Darwin critics, Darwinists, fossil record, Günter Bechly, hominins, homoplasy, human origins, humans, ID the Future, knuckle-walking, last common ancestor, Miocene apes, rewriting, Sahelanthropus, Science (journal)}

Scientists Conclude: Human Origins Research Is a Big Mess

_{Günter Bechly
May 10, 2021

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Considering the number of fossils attributed to the human lineage, an absence of such fossils for the great African ape lineages raises an obvious suspicion. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 28, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Chernobyl, chimpanzees, Darwinism, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, DNA, equality, equity, Europe, intelligent design, Ivy League, John Zmirak, journalists, justice, mutations, natural selection, The Stream, theology, wokeness}

Zmirak: “Darwin Addles the Mind”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 28, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The taproot in question is Darwinism, which “addles the mind” of the Woke elite, the “Ivy-schooled primitives,” whom Zmirak compares with cargo cults. Read More ›

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Date
March 7, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, common ancestor, genome, Genome Biology and Evolution, gorillas, ID the Future, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, neo-Darwinian evolution, podcast, pseudogenes, species}

Another “Junk DNA” Icon Bites the Dust

_{Science & Culture
March 7, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Casey Luskin examines a paper which argues that the famous beta-globin pseudogene is functional. Why is this pseudogene famous? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 26, 2021

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Ardi, Ardipithecus ramidus, bonobos, chimpanzees, evolution, Germany, hominins, human ancestor, human origins, primates, Rosetta Stone, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Science Advances, The Scientist, University of Tübingen}

Study: Hands of “Ardi” Indicate a Chimp-like Tree-Dweller and Knuckle-Walker

_{Casey Luskin
February 26, 2021

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Initially, Ardi was widely called the “oldest human ancestor,” due to its supposed skeletal traits that indicated an early bipedal (upright walking) species. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 8, 2021

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, bipedalism, chimpanzees, femur, gorillas, human ancestor, human origins, John Hawks, Journal of Human Evolution, Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Martin Pickford, New Scientist, Roberto Macchiarelli, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, University of Poitiers, University of Tübingen}

Newly Published Analysis Refutes Claims that Sahelanthropus tchadensis Was Human Ancestor

_{Casey Luskin
February 8, 2021

Human Origins and Anthropology

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What happened to the femur? Did the original discoverers hold on to the bones to stonewall an analysis with a conclusion they didn’t like? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 29, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animal rights, animal standing, animal welfare, animals, Argentina, Bronx Zoo, cattle, chimpanzees, Florida, judges, New York State, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood, writ of habeas corpus}

Pushing Elephant “Personhood”

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 29, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Think cattle herds suing ranchers or lab animals suing universities — not to improve care but to liberate from all human use. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 10, 2020

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, adults, Aeon, animals, children, chimpanzees, Darwinian evolution, Denyse O'Leary, emotions, empathy, feelings, human beings, infants, intelligence, intelligent design, just-so stories, Mind Matters, rationality}

Empathy — The Foundation of Human Exceptionalism?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 10, 2020

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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If I gave you 15 seconds you could come up with a pat evolutionary just-so story to account for this, speculating on what reproductive advantage it serves. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 9, 2020

Categories
Ecology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, Animal Minds (series), chimpanzees, Darwinism, David Attenborough, Denyse O'Leary, Galileo Affair, Günter Bechly, lemurs, Mind Matters, nature, primates, ravens}

From Birds and Lemurs, Lessons About Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
October 9, 2020

Ecology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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Self-degradation, like the “Galileo legend,” is a vital fuel from Darwinism. Plus, "Another failed prediction" of evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
October 5, 2020

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, blood vessels, cells, chimpanzees, chromosomes, common sense, Darwinian evolution, daughter cells, Doctor's Diary (series), egg, genes, human cells, information, instructions, kidney cells, London, Marcos Eberlin, natural selection, nerve cells, nucleus, organs, ovum, proteins, red blood cells, skin, sperm, white blood cells}

Doctor’s Diary: The Wonder of Your Body’s Genetic Instructions

_{Geoffrey Simmons
October 5, 2020

Biology, Medicine, Reproductive Science

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Imagine the New York Public Library cutting every manual in half daily, or more often, and sending every month entire halves to a library in London. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
September 15, 2020

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, anthropology, apes, basketball, bipedalism, chimpanzees, Doctor's Diary (series), evolution, fossils, humans, intelligence, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Lucy, pelvis, Rutgers University}

Doctor’s Diary: No “Butts” About It

_{Geoffrey Simmons
September 15, 2020

Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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An anthropologist writes that the evolution of bipedal-walking primates was primarily caused by the shifting of select bones and muscles in the pelvis. Read More ›