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Like It Never Happened: Yunxian Skulls Reassigned Based on Evolution, Not Data

As Günter Bechly used to wryly observe, human evolution is a subject that is constantly being “rewritten,” often accompanied by much media fanfare. Read More ›
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Appreciating the Irreducible Complexity of the Human Foot

In the fossil record there are no transitional forms between the arched feet of humans and the flat feet of apes. Read More ›
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Teeth, Jawbones, and Vertebrae Fuel Overblown Media Claims of a “Missing Link”

So we’re talking about fossils that are very humanlike, if not essentially completely human. Read More ›
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With Neanderthals and Denisovans, We Are All the Same Kind of Being

Evolutionary anthropologists need to stop putting people groups into “less evolved” categories. It’s a form of historical racism.  Read More ›
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The Neanderthal Story Keeps Evolving (Even if Nothing Else Does)

The University of Seville announces that Neanderthal footprints found along Portugal’s Algarve coast have led to unexpected insights about Neanderthal culture. Read More ›
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Skulls from China Said to Push Origin of Homo sapiens Back to 1 Million Years 

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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Investigation of Ancient Burials Yields Surprises

Archaeologists are reporting on a group culture around death from 100,000 years ago, maybe involving both Neanderthals and modern humans. Read More ›
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UN Pushes Nature Rights

The United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights stated in a recent speech at Oxford University that nature rights are equivalent to human rights. Read More ›
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Slow-Witted? Neanderthals Invented Their Own Tech — Didn’t Copy

Neanderthals cannot be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for. But if the human mind has no history, there is no missing link. Read More ›
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Science Writing Tries to Smash Human Exceptionalism

Stone tool use among animals versus the Stone Age provides a useful illustration of the tendency. Read More ›

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