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Photo: Foot of Homo naledi, by Lee Roger Berger research team [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Human Fossil Record Lacks Intermediaries

The news media might be heavily biased toward evolution, but at least it is predictable. Read More ›
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All photos in this article are by David Coppedge.

Evolution Theater: Smithsonian Whitewashes Human Origins

The museum makes a big deal of Lucy. Their portrayal has many more bones than the original! Read More ›
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Photo: Australopithecus sediba, by Photo by Brett Eloff. Courtesy Profberger and Wits University who release it under the terms below., CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Another Human Ancestor “Falsified”: Study Puts Australopithecus sediba Back in the Ground

It’s not every day that we see evolutionists arguing that we can falsify a species as an ancestor of another species simply because it appears in the wrong time range. Read More ›
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Photo: Callao Cave, by Ervin Malicdem [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

New Fossil Human Species Thwarts Core Darwinian Predictions

I can hardly resist the temptation to say “I told you so,” or to jokingly remark, “Oops, they did it again.” Read More ›
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Photo: Denis Lamoureux debating with Stephen Meyer and Lawrence Krauss, University of Toronto, via YouTube (screen shot).

On Hominid Fossils and Universal Common Ancestry, Denis Lamoureux Distorts

Lamoureux is the theistic evolutionist who left an indelible impression a couple of years ago when he debated Stephen Meyer and atheist Lawrence Krauss. Read More ›
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Photo: Foot of Homo naledi, by Lee Roger Berger research team [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Studying Homo naledi Fossils, Paleoanthropologists Apply ID Principles

This fascinating study also counters arguments that Homo naledi was beginning to develop a human-like intellect. Read More ›
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Photo: Trachilos footprints, by Andrzej Boczarowski, via Uppsala University.

Happy New Year! #1 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Footprints from Crete Deepen Origins Mystery

For the established scientific consensus on human evolution, 2017 was a genuine annus horribilis. Read More ›
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Photo: Trachilos footprints, by Andrzej Boczarowski, via Uppsala University.

Fossil Footprints from Crete Deepen Controversy on Human Origins

It looks like 2017 could become some kind of genuine annus horribilis for the established scientific consensus on human evolution. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Lee Roger Berger research team (http://elifesciences.org/content/4/e09560) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Latest Homo naledi Bones Are Younger than Expected

In 1982, paleontologists Niles Eldredge and Ian Tattersall noted that it is a “myth that the evolutionary histories of living beings are essentially a matter of discovery.” Read More ›
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Homo naledi
Photo: Foot, Homo naledi, by Lee Roger Berger research team (http://elifesciences.org/content/4/e09560) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Disappointment! Homo naledi Is Younger than Previously Thought

Some scientists hoped that H. naledi would prove to be the fossil to bridge an evolutionary gap. Read More ›

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