Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 16, 2014 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, Karl Giberson, The Myth of Human Tails Are Human Tails Mere “Vestigial” or “Benign” Structures Born to “Otherwise Healthy” Babies? Casey Luskin May 16, 2014 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 10 Prominent medical researchers on the "human tail" now see it as "a disturbance in the development of the embryo" not "a regression in the evolutionary process." Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 15, 2014 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, history, Mind and Technology, science Postscript on "Smart Machines" David Klinghoffer May 15, 2014 Bioethics 1 It's interesting to think about how long a delusion promulgated by Stephen Hawking has been a subject of contemplation. Read More ›
Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 13, 2014 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, Karl Giberson, The Myth of Human Tails Do Human “Tails” Represent the Simple “Turning On” of Genes Retained from Our Ancestors? Casey Luskin May 13, 2014 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 1 Karl Giberson wants us to think that true tails are some kind of a regression to an earlier form. Read More ›
Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 12, 2014 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and AnthropologyMedicine Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, Karl Giberson, The Myth of Human Tails Are Humans Ever Born with “Perfectly Formed” Tails? Casey Luskin May 12, 2014 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Medicine 9 In The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin cited the tailbone (coccyx) as a supposed vestigial feature. Read More ›
Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 9, 2014 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, Karl Giberson, The Myth of Human Tails Another Icon of Evolution: The Darwinian Myth of Human “Tails” Casey Luskin May 9, 2014 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 4 The evolutionary notion of human "tails" is not only mistaken. It is also medically harmful. Read More ›
