Tag: Homo erectus | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 27, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecines, Australopithecus sediba, Bernard Wood, burial, chronology, CNN, Daily Mail, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), George Washington University, hominins, Homo erectus, Homo naledi, human origins, humans, Ian Tattersall, morphology, mosaic, 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 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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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 24, 2021

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, __nedited, Ardipithecus, Australopithecus sediba, bones, brain size, Cambrian Explosion, climate change, creator, Darwinism, Declaration of Independence, evolution, gradualism, hair, Hall of Human Origins, Homo erectus, Homo floresiensis, Homo naledi, human language, Human Zoos, humanity, Lucy, museum, National Museum of Natural History, Neanderthal DNA, Neanderthals, Orrorin, Science Uprising, Smithsonian Institution, Thomas Jefferson, whiteness}

Evolution Theater: Smithsonian Whitewashes Human Origins

_{David Coppedge
November 24, 2021

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The museum makes a big deal of Lucy. Their portrayal has many more bones than the original! Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 12, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Aeon, Bernard Wood, brain size, chimpanzees, Denisovans, DNA, evolution, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Lucy, Middle Pleistocene, most recent common ancestor, Neanderthals, pseudogenes, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), William Lane Craig}

Traditional or Not? Assessing William Lane Craig’s Model on Adam and Eve

_{Casey Luskin
November 12, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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I’m having trouble making sense of exactly what his model holds. And it seems I’m not alone. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 10, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Australopithecus, Bernard Wood, Bible, Christianity Today, Darwinian evolution, East Africa, evolution, FOXP2, Francis Collins, genes, Genetics (journal), Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, human intelligence, human origins, Ian Tattersall, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), integration, mutations, Nature (journal), paleoanthropology, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Robin Williams, Sapiens (book), science and religion, The Language of God, Time Magazine, William Lane Craig, Yuval Noah Harari}

Missed Opportunity: Passing over Scientific Problems with Human Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
November 10, 2021

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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William Lane Craig’s rhetorical strategy is essentially to accept whatever mainstream evolutionary paleoanthropology says. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 8, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Australopithecines, BioLogos, DNA, evolution, fossil record, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, junk DNA, Oxford University Press, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), William Lane Craig, Young Earth Creationists}

Coming Attraction: My Review of William Lane Craig’s In Quest of the Historical Adam

_{Casey Luskin
November 8, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Evangelical Christians who continue to embrace evolutionary ideas in the absence of confirming evidence continue to bet on the wrong horse. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 3, 2021

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, Big Bang, Charles Darwin, common descent, creationism, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, divine image, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, Homo erectus, human origins, humans, intelligent design, John Derbyshire, materialism, Neanderthals, Race Realism, Racism, savages, soul, subhumans, The Descent of Man, Walter Bradley Center}

Why Darwinism Can Never Separate Itself from Racism

_{David Klinghoffer
August 3, 2021

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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The thread of racism in Darwinian thinking isn’t a chance thing, a mere byproduct of Charles Darwin’s personal views as a “man of his time.” Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
February 25, 2020

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, American Museum of Natural History, Ann Gauger, Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus afarensis, Bernard Wood, Big Bang, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Genetics and the Origin of Species (book), George Gaylord Simpson, George Washington University, Günter Bechly, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Homo sapiens, human origins, Ian Tattersall, intelligent design, macroevolution, Neo-Darwinism, neutral evolution, On the Origin of Species, Phillip E. Johnson, punctuated equilibrium, randomness, Richard Buggs, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Wikipedia}

Neo-Darwinism and the Big Bang of Man’s Origin

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
February 25, 2020

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Proponents of the ruling theory tell us that we are all undoubtedly intelligent enough to fully grasp their theory, as long as we concur with it. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
January 9, 2020

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, Africa, BIO-Complexity, bottleneck, Denisovans, DNA, genetic diversity, Homo erectus, human origins, methodological naturalism, Neanderthals, Ola Hössjer, population genetics}

Reflections on Our Ancient Past

_{Ann Gauger
January 9, 2020

Human Origins and Anthropology

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I bring this up because some have claimed that I advocate a sole genetic progenitorship model for the first couple. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 21, 2019

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, Big Bang, Charles Darwin, common descent, creationism, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, divine image, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, Homo erectus, human origins, humans, intelligent design, John Derbyshire, materialism, Neanderthals, Race Realism, Racism, savages, soul, subhumans, The Descent of Man, Walter Bradley Center}

Why Darwinism Can Never Separate Itself from Racism

_{David Klinghoffer
May 21, 2019

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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You think if Darwinian theory had emerged not in the dark age of the 19th century but in our own woke era, it would be different? No, it wouldn’t. Read More ›