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Beautiful Monster — Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique Is Here!

It's a MONSTER because it's 1007 pages, which means you'll probably still be reading it when the Chicago Cubs are in the World Series again. Read More ›

Geneticists Debate a First Human Pair — Continued; Where Is Dennis Venema?

Genuine scientific debate on fundamental issues that real people care about is such a rarity that when it happens, you almost want to pinch yourself to make sure you’re not dreaming. Read More ›
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Ruling Out Originating Human Pair, Theistic Evolutionist Oversteps — Geneticist Chimes In

On Dennis Venema's argument, along comes a second geneticist, no friend to biology that’s open to the design hypothesis. Read More ›
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Is a First Human Pair Possible or Impossible?

Richard Buggs, Reader at Queen Mary University of London, is a well-respected geneticist, with numerous papers published in molecular ecology, genomics, and molecular evolution. Read More ›
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Human Origins: Out of Africa, or Out of Germany?

Major discoveries in paleoanthropology that have made 2017 a kind of annus horribilis for the established scientific consensus on human evolution. Read More ›
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Trouble in Paradise? At BioLogos, Theistic Evolutionists Fall Out Among Themselves

For years they have been gravely advising their fellow Christians that science rules out belief in a historical first pair of human beings. Read More ›
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Does Science Rule Out a First Human Pair? Geneticist Richard Buggs Says No

One of the claims Dennis Venema makes in his book is that the effective population size of our last common ancestor with chimps has never been fewer than 10,000. Read More ›
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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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On Human Origins, the Need for Theory Evaluation

There are conflicting evidences, a lack of details, opposing hypotheses held with great confidence, and a wide range of explanatory mechanisms that are routinely used as needed. Read More ›

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