Tag: hominids

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 26, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, __recommended, animal butchery, Annals of New York Academy of Sciences, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, computer vision, fossil record, holotype, hominids, Homo (genus), Homo erectus, Homo habilis, human origins, humans, hunting, IFL Science, leopards, meat eating, morphological traits, Olduvai Gorge, predator–prey relationship, Rice University, stone-tool making, taphonomy}

Not a “Turning Point”: Study Finds Homo habilis Was Hunted as Prey

_{Casey Luskin
September 26, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The proposals of this study are very consistent with what we have long argued here. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 19, 2024

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Big Bang, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, fossils, genus Homo, geologists, hominids, human race, humans, ID the Future, intelligent design, podcast, Richard Dawkins}

Casey Luskin: The Origin and Uniqueness of Humans

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 19, 2024

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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Survive. Reproduce. Repeat. Is that all we’re here for? Some people make this claim. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
March 12, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blueprint, Chance and Necessity, DNA, hominids, Homo sapiens, human beings, Jacques Monod, Nazis, Nobel Prize, polypeptides, science of purpose, scientific atheists}

From Jacques Monod, a Grim Message for Humanity

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
March 12, 2024

Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Biology was becoming a "real" science, melded with chemistry into the new discipline of biochemistry. At last life was reducible to molecular interactions. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 7, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ABC News, archaeologists, Associated Press, Australia, bioRxiv, burial, cave art, chimpanzees, fire use, Germany, Gibraltar, Griffith University, hominids, Homo naledi, human origins, intelligence, Kenya, Lee Berger, María Martinón-Torres, Natural History Museum, Neanderthals, New York Times, Newsweek, paleontology, Phys.org, Rising Star Cave, Science News, skeletons, Spain, The Conversation, Wall Street Journal}

Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”

_{Casey Luskin
June 7, 2023

Archaeology, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 14, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, evolutionary icons, Gizmodo, hominids, hominins, human origins, humans, intelligence, macaque monkeys, macaques, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, monkeys, primates, rocks, Science Advances, Thailand, The Hill, tools}

Monkey-Made “Tools” Cast Doubt on High Intelligence in Early Hominids

_{Casey Luskin
March 14, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Macaque monkeys from Lobi Bay, Thailand, have been observed “unintentionally” producing stone tools. Read More ›

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Date
February 15, 2023

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Darwinian evolution, Eric Anderson, Fazale Rana, Guillermo Gonzalez, hominid fossils, hominids, Hugh Ross, human origins, ID the Future, James Tour, Marcos Eberlin, palaeoanthropology, podcast, Science and Faith in Dialogue, South Africa, Stephen Meyer}

New Book from South Africa Explores Evidence of Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
February 15, 2023

Evolutionary Psychology, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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Casey Luskin earned his PhD in South Africa and had many opportunities to study various hominid fossils. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 28, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Australopithecines, birds, Cambrian Explosion, Casey Luskin, common descent, cynodonts, Darwin's Doubt, dinosaurs, Discovery Institute, evolution, fossil record, hominids, hominins, humans, intelligent design, John Hawks, land mammals, mammaliaforms, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, New York Times, Richard Sternberg, science denial, science teachers, Stephen Meyer, Therapsids, transitional fossils, walking whales, YouTubers}

Debunking “Professor Dave’s” Hit Piece Against Stephen Meyer

_{Günter Bechly
November 28, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This YouTube video runs to about an hour and a quarter, so I will be answering him once again in a series, minute by minute. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, apes, Charles Darwin, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), gradualism, Harvard University, Henry Gee, hominids, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, humans, jaws, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, paleoanthropology, Richard Lewontin, Ronald Wetherington, skulls, Southern Methodist University, Stephen Jay Gould, Texas State Board of Education, textbooks}

Do Fossils Demonstrate Human Evolution? Let’s Consider the Technical Literature

_{Casey Luskin
October 24, 2022

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Far from “a nice clean example” of “gradualistic evolutionary change” that has “no gaps,” the fossil record shows a dramatic discontinuity. Read More ›

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Date
March 20, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Australopithecines, Darwinian gradualism, Darwinian mechanism, fossil record, Günter Bechly, hominids, human origins, ID the Future, intelligent design, podcast, skull}

Günter Bechly: Goodbye to Darwinian Gradualism

_{Science and Culture
March 20, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Bechly touches on the oldest australopithecine fossil skull ever found, from 3.8 million years ago. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 19, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecus, Chromosomal Fusion, common ancestry, creationism, Eugenie Scott, evolution, evolutionary biology, genetic drift, hominids, Homo, human origins, intelligent design, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), natural selection, Niles Eldredge, pseudogenes, punctuated equilibrium, Richard Leakey, Science and Human Origins, Stephen Jay Gould}

Eugenie Scott Gets Intelligent Design Backwards

_{Casey Luskin
January 19, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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This punctuated, even saltational increase in hominid skull sizes over time continues to be recognized in the literature. Read More ›