Tag: Homo habilis

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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
Günter Bechly

Date
October 4, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, apes, Australopithecines, Down syndrome, evolutionists, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, habilines, hominin, Homo floresiensis, Homo habilis, Indonesia, microcephaly, modern humans, morphology, paleontology}

Fossil Friday: Hobbits Thwart Darwinian Predictions Again

_{Günter Bechly
October 4, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Evolutionists reliably tend to follow one foundational principle: “What must not be, cannot be!” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 22, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, anthropology, common descent, Evolution News, Fossil Friday (series), Gutsick Gibbon, handy man, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, human evolution, human origins, Iron Age, Jackson Wheat, Kenya, Koobi Fora, Mary Leakey, monkeys, Olduvai Gorge, paleoanthropology, paleontology, Professor Dave, Tanzania, University of Texas, Wikipedia}

Fossil Friday: Stone Huts, Homo habilis, and Gutsick Gibbon

_{Günter Bechly
March 22, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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A PhD student of biological anthropology named Erika runs one of the more popular anti-creationist YouTube channels under her pseudonym Gutsick Gibbon. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 19, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, brain, East Africa, empirical evidence, Fossil Friday (series), hominin fossils, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, human brain, humans, Journal of Human Evolution, Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, morphology, neuroanatomy, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania}

Fossil Friday: New Research Questions the Human Nature of Homo habilis

_{Günter Bechly
January 19, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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A consensus is scientifically worthless when it is driven by worldview bias and peer pressure rather than by an unbiased inference to the best explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 28, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Australopithecus, cannibalism, clickbait, Darwin critics, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, hominins, Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, Homo habilis, Koobi Fora, Mary Leakey, New York Times, Paranthropus, predictions, taxonomy, tibia}

Fossil Friday: Another Prediction Vindicated

_{Günter Bechly
July 28, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The virtual ink for my article had hardly dried when a story about a new discovery hit the news. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 30, 2023

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Afar region, Australopithecus, brain, Ethiopia, face, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Homo, Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis, human origins, Koobi Fora, Ledi-Geraru, mandible, paleoanthropology, paleontology, phylogenetic analysis, Richard Leakey, University of Tübingen}

Fossil Friday: Homo rudolfensis, Another Contentious Homo

_{Günter Bechly
June 30, 2023

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Considering the checkered history of grandiose claims and controversies in paleoanthropology, some caution may be wise. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 23, 2023

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecines, bones, Darwinian, evolutionists, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, handy man, hominin fossils, Homo ergaster, Homo habilis, human origins, humans, Louis Leakey, Lucy, missing links, Olduvai Gorge, paleoanthropologists, stone tools, Tanzania}

Fossil Friday: To Be or Not to Be Homo

_{Günter Bechly
June 23, 2023

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The fossil hominin Homo habilis was described 1964 by Louis Leakey and his colleagues from the 1.9 million year old Olduvai Gorge locality in Tanzania. 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
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, Jeffrey H. Schwartz, 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
Michael Egnor

Date
August 9, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, bacteria, Fifth Way, Homo habilis, intentionality, Joseph Carter, mind, myths, nature, New York Times, purpose, Sean Carroll, Summa Theologica, teleology, Thomas Aquinas}

How Is Purpose Related to Teleology in Nature?

_{Michael Egnor
August 9, 2017

Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Materialist philosopher Joseph Carter denies the existence of teleology in nature, but he is mistaken. Read More ›