Tag: hominids | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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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

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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, Science and Human Origins, Stephen Jay Gould}

Eugenie Scott Gets Intelligent Design Backwards

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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 ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 23, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger, Annual Review of Genetics, apes, BioEssays, BioLogos, chimpanzees, Christianity, common ancestry, CRISPR, Dennis Venema, Evangelicals, evolution, evolutionary theory, functionality, gorillas, hominids, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), intelligent design, Jesus Christ, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, macaques, methodological naturalism, Nature (journal), Nature Reviews Genetics, Ola Hössjer, Paul Nelson, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pseudogenes, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), S. Joshua Swamidass, Springer, theology, William Lane Craig}

Lessons Not Learned from the Evangelical Debate over Adam and Eve

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November 23, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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To his credit, William Lane Craig is among those evangelicals who have been willing to question arguments against Adam and Eve. Read More ›

Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 9, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Ancient Near East, Christianity, Denisovans, dinosaurs, Evolution News, Exodus, Genesis, Gospels, Hebrew, hominids, Homo sapiens, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Middle East, Neanderthals, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Satan, Scripture, Stephen Jay Gould, Young Earth Creationists}

Is Genesis “Mytho-History”? As a Guide to Scripture, William Lane Craig’s Book Falls Short

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November 9, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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As an old earther, I was dismayed by Craig’s failure to engage with common old earth interpretations of Genesis. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 21, 2020

Categories
Arts
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Psychology
Tagged
, behavior, bias, circular reasoning, college students, evolution, Gizmodo, hominids, human mind, human origins, ideology, music, Pleistocene, PZ Myers, University of New Hampshire}

Biology Journal: Evolutionary Psychology Is “Impossible”

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May 21, 2020

Arts, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Psychology

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Did evolutionary scientists not understand these things already? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 20, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, "Out of Africa", Africa, annus horribilis, China, fossil record, hominids, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, human origins, Middle Pleistocene, New Scientist, paleontology, skull}

What, Another “Rewrite” of the Human Origins Story? How About a Rethink, Instead?

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November 20, 2017

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Sometimes predictions are not only fulfilled but over-fulfilled. Read More ›