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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 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, brain size, Christof Koch, Ernst Mayr, Eurasia, evolution, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), hominins, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, Journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution, paleoanthropologists, Pleistocene, skulls, Southeast Asia}

The Big Bang Origin of Homo

_{Casey Luskin
October 31, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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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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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 27, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecines, Australopithecus sediba, Bernard Wood, burial, Carol Ward, chronology, CNN, Daily Mail, Daniel Lieberman, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), George Washington University, hominins, Homo erectus, Homo naledi, human origins, humans, Ian Tattersall, Mark Collard, morphology, mosaic, Sigrid Hartwig-Scherer, South Africa, University of Missouri}

The Human Fossil Record Lacks Intermediaries

_{Casey Luskin
October 27, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The news media might be heavily biased toward evolution, but at least it is predictable. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 25, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ardipithecus ramidus, Bernard Wood, bipedalism, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), hominins, human origins, Kenya, Nature (journal), New York Times, paleoanthropologists, pelvis, Rosetta Stone, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Science (journal), Smithsonian Institution, textbooks, Tim White, UC Berkeley, University of Tübingen}

The Standard Story of Human Evolution: A Critical Look

_{Casey Luskin
October 25, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Whatever Ardi was, everyone agrees the fossils was initially badly crushed and needed extensive reconstruction. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 3, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, data, fossils, Germany, Günter Bechly, hominins, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, humans, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Neanderthal DNA, Neanderthals, Nobel Prize, paleontologists, paleontology, Politics, Svante Pääbo}

New Nobel Laureate, Svante Pääbo, on the “Politics” of Paleontology and Humans Origins

_{David Klinghoffer
October 3, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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These are welcome and candid observations, refuting notions that human origins is a fully objective area of research. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 9, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Alain Beauvilain, Ardipithecus, bipedality, Chad, femur, fossil record, Graecopithecus, hominins, John Hawks, mandible, Miocene, Miocene apes, Natural History Museum, Nature (journal), Orrorin, paleontology, Paris, Roberto Macchiarelli, Sahara Desert, Sahelanthropus, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, skull, University of Poitiers}

Fossil Friday: Sahelanthropus, to Be or Not to Be Bipedal

_{Günter Bechly
September 9, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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On the morning of July 19, 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Sahara Desert. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ad hominem, Australopithecines, Australopithecus afarensis, bipedality, Crete, Dave Farina, evolution, fossils, geologists, Graecopithecus, hominins, Homo sapiens, human evolution, intelligent design, John Hawks, Little Foot, Lucy, Miocene apes, Neanderthals, paleontologists, Professor Dave, Science Uprising, slander, Trachilos, YouTube videos}

Examining “Professor Dave’s” Absurd Attack on Casey Luskin

_{Günter Bechly
May 31, 2022

Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The attack on Luskin is the most ludicrous part of the non-professor’s video, with Farina claiming at one point that Luskin perpetrated “a criminal offense.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 29, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, Australopithecus afarensis, bipedalism, brain case, chimpanzees, Darwin critics, Darwinists, fossil record, Günter Bechly, hominins, homoplasy, human locomotion, human origins, humans, ID the Future, knuckle-walking, last common ancestor, Miocene apes, rewriting, Sahelanthropus, Science (journal), Sergio Almécija, tree-climbing}

#4 Story of 2021: Human Origins Research Is a Big Mess

_{Günter Bechly
December 29, 2021

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Considering the number of fossils attributed to the human lineage, an absence of such fossils for the great African ape lineages raises an obvious suspicion. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 10, 2021

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, Australopithecus afarensis, bipedalism, brain case, chimpanzees, Darwin critics, Darwinists, fossil record, Günter Bechly, hominins, homoplasy, human locomotion, human origins, humans, ID the Future, knuckle-walking, last common ancestor, Miocene apes, rewriting, Sahelanthropus, Science (journal), Sergio Almécija, tree-climbing}

Scientists Conclude: Human Origins Research Is a Big Mess

_{Günter Bechly
May 10, 2021

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Considering the number of fossils attributed to the human lineage, an absence of such fossils for the great African ape lineages raises an obvious suspicion. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 26, 2021

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Ardi, Ardipithecus ramidus, bipedality, bonobos, chimpanzees, evolution, Germany, hominins, human ancestor, human origins, Madelaine Böhme, primates, Rosetta Stone, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Science Advances, The Scientist, Tim White, University of Tübingen}

Study: Hands of “Ardi” Indicate a Chimp-like Tree-Dweller and Knuckle-Walker

_{Casey Luskin
February 26, 2021

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Initially, Ardi was widely called the “oldest human ancestor,” due to its supposed skeletal traits that indicated an early bipedal (upright walking) species. Read More ›