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Basilosaurus
Photo: Basilosaurus, by Asmoth, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Species Pairs: A New Challenge to Darwinists 

I consider this simple argument as a final nail in the coffin of Darwinian unguided evolution. Read More ›
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Racism Serves Darwinism, Darwinism Serves Racism

Racism was not just an incidental part of Darwin’s evolutionary theory. Rather Darwin considered racial inequality crucial evidence for his theory. Read More ›
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Photo: Yuval Noah Harari, by CEU / Daniel Vegel, via Flickr (cropped).

Reviewing Sapiens — Back to the Guy Who Lost His Faith Over Harari

Podcaster Sam Davis told Justin Brierley that what did it for him was reading Yuval Noah Harari’s idea that “humanity is a weaver of stories.” Read More ›
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Sahelanthropus
Photo: Sahelanthropus tchadensis, by Didier Descouens (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

#3 of Our Top Stories of 2018: For Paleoanthropology, Another Annus Horribilis

In 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Chadian Sahara Desert. Read More ›
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For Paleoanthropology, Dawn of Another Annus Horribilis

In 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Chadian Sahara Desert. Read More ›
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Adam and the Genome and “Nonfunctional” Pseudogenes

Venema cites the vitellogenin pseudogene as supposedly demonstrating common ancestry between humans and birds, such as chickens. Read More ›

What Exactly Is Being Decided in the David Coppedge “Intelligent Design” Trial

Opening statements wrapped up today and one thing is beyond doubt: this trial will be misrepresented in the media. Read More ›

Nine Gorilla Teeth and a Confession of Evolutionist Ignorance

As I’ve noted before, it is often only after Darwinists report a new fossil discovery that they retroactively admit how little they previously knew about a given evolutionary transition. This happened again recently as a team of paleoanthropologists reported finding 6-7 million year-old fossil gorilla teeth that Nature News claimed “helps to fill in a huge gap in the fossil record.” Accompanying this find, however, was a striking admission of ignorance regarding the evolution of humans: “The human fossil record goes back 6 to 7 million years, but we know nothing about how the human line actually emerged from apes,” the researchers said in a statement on Wednesday that accompanied publication of their study in the journal Nature. “Chororapithecus gives Read More ›

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