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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 ›
Australopithecus afarensis
Germany
Photo: Australopithecus afarensis, model, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, by Tim Evanson, via Flickr.

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 ›
Kenya skull
skull
Photo credit: © Isaiah Nengo, by Christopher Kiarie, via Leakey Foundation.

13-Million-Year Old Skull from Kenya – A Human Ancestor? Not Likely

You’ll forgive me for being a little bit jaded by now at news like this. Read More ›
Ahlberg footprints
Crete
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 ›
Ardipithecus ramidus
Photo: Ardipithecus ramidus, by Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

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 ›
Australopithecus
Photo: Australopithecus afarensis, model, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, by Tim Evanson via Flickr.

The Human-Ape “Missing Link” — Still Missing

Research into human origins, we mean the entire field, is a mess. Read More ›
Soul of the Matter
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The Soul of the Matter — Now in Paperback; Read Bruce Buff’s Thriller on Intelligent Design!

Does DNA coding demonstrate that we are here by intent? And is the brain itself enough to produce perceptions, feelings, thoughts and awareness? Read More ›
Fire use
fire
Photo source: Discovery Institute.

On Human Fire Use, Anthropologists Miss the Point

You'd likely predict: This will largely be about the timing of our primordial fire use. There will be comparisons with chimps. Read More ›

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