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Photo: Düssel River, through Neanderthal Valley, Germany, by Cordula, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

For Migration, Neanderthals Followed Rivers

Of course, if they followed river systems, they were assured of sources of food and water along the way. Read More ›
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Photo: Mezmaiskaya Cave, by Zurab dip, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Slow-Witted? Neanderthals Invented Their Own Tech — Didn’t Copy

Neanderthals cannot be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for. But if the human mind has no history, there is no missing link. Read More ›
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Photo credit: MCDinosaurhunter, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: Did Giant Dinosaurs Swim Across Oceans?

More rafting animals! Who cares about probability or empirical evidence, when a simple just-so-story can do the job? Read More ›
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Photo source: Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: New Dating of Pleistocene Fossils Rewrites the Story of Human Evolution

The most recent data on human fossils and their dating do not really support an evolutionary narrative from ape-like ancestors to modern humans. Read More ›
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Photo: A skull from the Qafzeh Cave, by Wapondaponda, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

When Did Humans Start Burying the Dead?

Only humans understand death as the inevitable and final reality for all mortal beings no matter what we do. Read More ›
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Photo: Golden eagle, by Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Neanderthals Had a Thing for Eagles — And Hyenas

However, Neanderthals are not thought, based on current evidence, to have had much interest in dogs. Read More ›
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Image: An artist imagines Homo erectus pekinensis, by Cicero Moraes [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Big Bang Origin of Homo

This unbridged gap between the ape-like australopithecines and the abruptly appearing human-like members of our genus challenges evolutionary accounts. Read More ›

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