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Photo credit: Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Like It Never Happened: Yunxian Skulls Reassigned Based on Evolution, Not Data

As Günter Bechly used to wryly observe, human evolution is a subject that is constantly being “rewritten,” often accompanied by much media fanfare. Read More ›
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Phot credti: Werner Ustorf], CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Paper Defends Spoken Language in Homo erectus

The first thing that comes to mind in the context of intellectual capabilities is brain size. Read More ›
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Be Prepared: Here Are Portable Neanderthal Toolkits

Folks, that is impressive behavior. As David Coppedge says, let’s ditch the historical racism. Read More ›
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Photo: Neanderthal Museum, by Endimione, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

With Neanderthals and Denisovans, We Are All the Same Kind of Being

Evolutionary anthropologists need to stop putting people groups into “less evolved” categories. It’s a form of historical racism.  Read More ›
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Photo credit: Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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

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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Photo credit: Werner Ustorf, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Neanderthals Keep Getting Smarter

At one time, Neanderthals were considered stupid. Things have changed. Meanwhile, they are presenting some mysteries. Read More ›
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Photo: Statue of Edward Gibbon, Library of Congress, by Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Decline and Fall: A Vision of a Human-Free Planet

As the author of the review, Adrian Woolfson, says, the coming human eclipse originated in a sin against Darwinism. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Neanderthals May Be “Same Species” As Us

Using coalescence analyses and molecular clock assessments, the researchers reconstructed a timeline of genetic events. Read More ›
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Photo: Replica of a typical Denisovan fragment, by Thilo Parg, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Reader Asks: What Is Denisovan DNA?

The “Denisovans” are kind of a fictional group from which we only have a few fragmented bone specimens. Read More ›
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Photo: Depiction of Homo heidelbergensis, Natural History Museum, London, by Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Traditional or Not? Assessing William Lane Craig’s Model on Adam and Eve

I’m having trouble making sense of exactly what his model holds. And it seems I’m not alone. Read More ›

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