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Photo: Asian elephant, by Yathin S Krishnappa, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Günter Bechly and the “Species Pair” Problem

Asian elephants (like the one at the top of this page) and their African counterparts apparently diverged about 8 million years ago. Read More ›
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Photo: Homo ergaster, by Fernando Losada Rodríguez, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Human Evolution Quote: Grok, Is This True?

People are always welcome to change their views in response to what they feel is convincing new evidence. Read More ›
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Photo: Australopithecus, Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Not Out of Context: Comments on Hawks et al. (2000)

The lead author is John Hawks, a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, who has a popular blog on paleoanthropology. Read More ›
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Photo: Australopithecus, by Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Physicist Overstates the “Gradual” Nature of Human Origins in the Fossil Record

We’ve gone back and forth with Dr. Barr many times in the past. Mainstream paleoanthropologists acknowledge that the origin of humans is sudden and abrupt. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Photollama, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

What Would Aliens, if They Exist, Look Like? Like Us, or Like Jellyfish?

According to celebrity scientific atheist Neil deGrass Tyson, ETs would look nothing like us, because there is no reason they would. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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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Bare foot of young woman walking at home, closeup
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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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Photo credit: © Hamza Mehimdate, Programme Préhistoire de Casablanca.

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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Photo: Neanderthal Museum, by Endimione, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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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Ancient footprint embedded in earth, showing detail of toes and sole
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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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