Tag: Homo heidelbergensis

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 17, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __featured2, Africa, bioRxiv, Broad Institute, David Reich, Denisovans, DNA, DNA segments, Europe, geneticists, genetics, Germany, Gran Dolina, Harvard University Press, Homo antecessor, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, humans, hybrids, interbreeding, Levallois tools, Michael Marshall, Middle East, mitochondrial DNA, Morocco, Neanderthals, New Scientist, ochre, Spain, stone tools, Y chromosome}

Harvard Geneticist Proposes Neanderthals Are Descended from Humans

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April 17, 2026

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Humans and Neanderthals are so similar that Neanderthals provide no evidence we are closely related to some type of primitive non-human. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 3, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, BBC, China, Chris Stringer, Denisovans, evolution, fossil record, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo sapiens, homoplasy, human origins, intelligent design, Live Science, London, Middle Pleistocene, Natural History Museum, Neanderthals, Ola Hössjer, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, Science (journal), skulls}

Skulls from China Said to Push Origin of Homo sapiens Back to 1 Million Years

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October 3, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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How many times have we been told that some new paleoanthropological find is “rewriting the story of human evolution”? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 16, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Africa, culture, evolution, fire, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo naledi, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, interbreeding, Journal of Human Evolution, last common ancestor, Middle Palaeolithic, Neanderthals, PLOS ONE, Portugal, Science Alert, stereotypes, stone tools}

Were Neanderthals and Humans the Same Species?

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November 16, 2023

Archaeology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The evidence does not demonstrate that humans evolved from some kind of humanlike yet intellectually primitive precursor. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 9, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger, Answers in Genesis, BioLogos, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Evangelical Christians, evolutionary creationism, evolutionary models, Homo heidelbergensis, human origins, Institute for Creation Research, integration, intelligent design, Ola Hössjer, peer-reviewed literature, Reasons to Believe, Religions (journal), S. Joshua Swamidass, Science and Faith in Dialogue, Science and Human Origins, Summer Seminar, theistic evolution, William Lane Craig, Young Earth Creationism, Zoom}

On Human Origins, New Peer-Reviewed Paper Reviews Models for Reconciling Science and Religion

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June 9, 2023

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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In the final section of the paper, I proposed a scoring system to rate the models. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 14, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Bible, BIO-Complexity, BioLogos, Christianity, Discovery Institute, Fazale Rana, Fox News, Francis Collins, Genesis, Homo heidelbergensis, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, Jesus Christ, Jonathan McLatchie, methodological naturalism, myths, Nathan Lents, Ola Hössjer, Paul Nelson, Reasons to Believe, S. Joshua Swamidass, Salvo Magazine, Scripture, Terrell Clemmons, The Genealogical Adam and Eve, theistic evolution, theology, William Lane Craig}

Fox News Article Shows Why Evolutionary Solutions to Adam and Eve Fail to Satisfy

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January 14, 2022

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Is William Lane Craig’s book good news for Christians? I’m not so sure, and here’s one reason why. 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

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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

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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

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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 ›