Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

Homo sapiens

Broken_Hill_Skull_(Replica01)
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
March 29, 2024
Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: New Dating of Pleistocene Fossils Rewrites the Story of Human Evolution

Günter Bechly
March 29, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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The most recent data on human fossils and their dating do not really support an evolutionary narrative from ape-like ancestors to modern humans. Read More ›
DNA
Image credit: 2541163, via Pixabay.
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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
March 12, 2024
Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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From Jacques Monod, a Grim Message for Humanity

Stephen J. Iacoboni
March 12, 2024
Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design
5
Biology was becoming a "real" science, melded with chemistry into the new discipline of biochemistry. At last life was reducible to molecular interactions. Read More ›
Homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis-Mr._N
Image credit: Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
February 6, 2024
Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Paleontology
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Were Neanderthals Religious?

Denyse O’Leary
February 6, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Paleontology
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We can’t poll long-dead Neanderthals on life, death, and the hereafter but the evidence we’ve dug up suggests they were thinking about that kind of thing. Read More ›
Neanderthal skull
Photo credit: AquilaGib, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
February 2, 2024
Categories
Anatomy
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: New Evidence for the Human Nature of Neanderthals

Günter Bechly
February 2, 2024
Anatomy, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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What is at stake is not just some esoteric species problem in the ivory tower, but the very question of human nature and human uniqueness. Read More ›
crying baby
Photo credit: StockSnap via Pixabay.
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
January 16, 2024
Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Philosophy
Reproductive Science
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In Prestigious Journal, Bioethicist Pushes Human Extinction

Wesley J. Smith
January 16, 2024
Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine, Philosophy, Reproductive Science
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The human-extinction movement used to be pretty fringy but it may be gaining traction within bioethics and philosophy. Read More ›
Homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis-Mr._N
Image credit: Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
November 16, 2023
Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Were Neanderthals and Humans the Same Species?

Casey Luskin
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 ›
Homo naledi
Photo: A femur, by John Hawks, Marina Elliott, Peter Schmid, Steven E. Churchill, Darryl J. de Ruiter, Eric M. Roberts, Hannah Hilbert-Wolf, Heather M. Garvin, Scott A. Williams, Lucas K. Delezene, Elen M. Feuerriegel, Patrick Randolph-Quinney, Tracy L. Kivell, Myra F. Laird, Gaokgatlhe Tawane, Jeremy M. DeSilva, Shara E. Bailey, Juliet K. Brophy, Marc R. Meyer, Matthew M. Skinner, Matthew W. Tocheri, Caroline VanSickle, Christopher S. Walker, Timothy L. Campbell, Brian Kuhn, Ashley Kruger, Steven Tucker, Alia Gurtov, Nompumelelo Hlophe, Rick Hunter, Hannah Morris, Becca Peixotto, Maropeng Ramalepa, Dirk van Rooyen, Mathabela Tsikoane, Pedro Boshoff, Paul H.G.M. Dirks, Lee R. Berger, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
November 15, 2023
Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Journal Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Made Rock Art, Used Fire

Casey Luskin
November 15, 2023
Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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Researchers, led by Lee Berger, had claimed in a Netflix documentary that the species buried its dead, used fire, used tools, and made rock art. Read More ›
1985-07-MtWhitney-103-Vince-and-Julie-at-lookout
Photo credit: David Coppedge.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
October 30, 2023
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Intelligent Design at High Altitudes

David Coppedge
October 30, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Surprised at the ability of mammals to thrive at high altitudes, some evolutionists are looking to Darwinian theory for answers. Read More ›
Homo naledi
Photo credit: Lee Roger Berger research team, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
September 22, 2023
Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Peer Review Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Used Fire, and Scrawled on Cave Wall

Casey Luskin
September 22, 2023
Cultural Anthropology, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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I could not find a single reviewer who accepted the claims of the papers. They were harshly critical of claims of intentional burial of the skeletons. Read More ›
earliest woodworking
Photo credit: Professor Larry Barham, University of Liverpool, via EurekAlert!
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
September 20, 2023
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Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Evidence of Woodworking Extends High Human Intelligence Far Back into the Mid-Pleistocene

Casey Luskin
September 20, 2023
Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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This rare find shows that some of the very human-like forms in the fossil record were actually much smarter than we thought. Read More ›

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