black-swiss-army-knife-on-wood-color-toned-stockpack-adobe-s-64261285-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date November 7, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , biology, culture, Euripides, evolution, Frances Forrest, George Washington University, Homer, hominins, human beings, human origins, Kenya, Nature Communications, Niguss Baraki, Pliocene, Science Daily, Swiss Army knives, technology, tools, Turkana Basin “First Multi-Purpose ‘Swiss Army Knives’ Made by Hominins” Denyse O’Leary November 7, 2025 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 5 The tools date from about 2.75 through 2.44 million years ago (Pliocene). They underwent little change over the years, despite the changing environment. Read More ›
Johann Wolfgang Goethe Type post Author Neil Thomas Date April 18, 2024 CategoriesBioethicsFaith & Science Tagged , ancient Greece, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Enlightenment, Erasmus Darwin, Euripides, gods, Iphigenia, Judeo-Christian tradition, mythology, New Testament, Old Testament, secularism, theodicy Poet and Scientist, Goethe Offered an Enlightenment Theodicy Neil Thomas April 18, 2024 Bioethics, Faith & Science 13 Like Erasmus Darwin, Goethe was both poet and scientist and had himself at one time speculated on ideas of evolution. Read More ›
Hippolytus Type post Author Ann Gauger Date November 13, 2018 CategoriesEvolutionLinguisticsReproductive Science Tagged , __k-review, birth, cell biology, developing world, disease, DNA, empathy, Euripides, gene, great apes, human body, infants, labor, medicine, molecular biology, mothers, mutations, Nathan Lents, nurse, pelvis, The Human Evolution Blog, theory of mind, vitamin B12, vitamin C Biologist Nathan Lents: Beauty in Error Ann Gauger November 13, 2018 Evolution, Linguistics, Reproductive Science 4 He has a different take on imperfection, one more optimistic than one might expect from someone who writes about what’s wrong with us. Read More ›