Tag: Durham University

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 18, 2025

Tagged
, __trending, Alison George, attraction, Chauvet Cave, crayons, Crimea, Darwinian assumptions, Denisovans, Denyse O’Leary, DNA, Durham University, Europeans, finger flutings, genes, handprints, historical racism, Homo sapiens, human genome, human nature, intelligence, introgression, John Hawks, Kristina Killgrove, Krystal Kasal, Michael Gross, modern humans, Neanderthal art, Neanderthals, NOVA1, ochre, ornaments, Paul Pettitt, PIEZO1, PNAS, Racism, Siberia, skulls, speleothems, Taiwan, teeth, Zurich}

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

_{David Coppedge
November 18, 2025

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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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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 ›

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Date
December 12, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, bias, Big Bang, Durham University, goal-directedness, Goldilocks, historians, multiverse, particles, Philip Goff, thought, universe}

Why the Multiverse Theory Can’t Explain Away Cosmic Fine-Tuning

_{Science and Culture
December 12, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Many thoughtful people in science today would see the goal of science as explaining away both goal-directedness and thought. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
November 27, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, carbon, cosmic inflation, Durham University, elements, Goldilocks, information theory, intelligent design, inverse gambler’s fallacy, multiverse, Phillip Goff, philosophers, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, universe}

A Philosopher Rejects the Multiverse but Embraces Mythology

_{Eric Hedin
November 27, 2023

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Ascribing sentience or cosmic purpose to forces or the particles on which they act is to step out of the realm of science into the realm of myth-making. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 19, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, consciousness, cosmic fine-tuning, CPR, Dartmouth College, Durham University, Elsevier, hospitals, Marcelo Gleiser, near-death experiences, NYU, persistent vegetative state, Philip Goff, Rachel Nuwer, researchers, Sam Parnia, Scientific American, wrongthink}

Study: Brain Is Still Active After Death

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 19, 2023

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Obviously, these experiences point to something that is irrelevant to claims about evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science
Tagged
, cave paintings, consciousness, Durham University, Europe, human origins, humans, hunter-gatherers, Ice Age, Live Science, Neanderthals, paleontology, Portland State University, University College London}

Possible Cave “Proto-Writing” Challenges Slow Evolution of Human Consciousness

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 10, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science

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London-based wood carving conservator Ben Bacon has, with academic colleagues, shaken up Ice Age paleontology. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 20, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, consciousness, Durham University, electrons, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, panpsychism, Philip Goff, sense organs}

Egnor Considers the Confession of a Panpsychist

_{David Klinghoffer
March 20, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Durham University philosopher Philip Goff poses the question, “Could Electrons Be Conscious?” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 22, 2017

Categories
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Durham University, intelligent design, materialism, multiverse, NASA, Royal Astronomical Society, The Guardian}

A Cold Spot In Space — “Evidence” of a Multiverse?

_{David Klinghoffer
May 22, 2017

Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Science

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It’s the single dreamiest, most unsupported idea in all of science, making Darwinian evolution look like a really solid bet by comparison. Read More ›