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Graecopithecus freybergi
Photo: Lower jaw, Graecopithecus freybergi, by Wolfgang Gerber, University of Tübingen, via Science Daily.

Latest Gallup Polling on Evolution Fails to Enlighten

Trifling evidence and momentous conclusions. That is evolution in a nutshell. Read More ›
Wells on human origins

Jonathan Wells, Author of Zombie Science: Fossil Finds Only Confuse Human Origins

The day’s science headlines include a sensational announcement that our ancestors separated from apes not in Africa as previously thought, but in Eastern Europe. Read More ›
Homo_naledi_tibia (1)
Photo credit: Lee Roger Berger research team (http://elifesciences.org/content/4/e09560) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Latest Homo naledi Bones Are Younger than Expected

In 1982, paleontologists Niles Eldredge and Ian Tattersall noted that it is a “myth that the evolutionary histories of living beings are essentially a matter of discovery.” Read More ›
Denisova Cave
ancient DNA
Tourists contemplate Denisova Cave, Siberia, by ЧуваевНиколай at ru.wikipedia [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Research on Ancient DNA Could Test Predictions of Non-Darwinian Speciation Models

Independent groups of researchers (e.g., Hössjer et al. 2016), more or less skeptical of common ancestry, have suggested the alternative model of initial heterozygotic diversity. Read More ›

One Long Argument — Responding to VJ Torley on Human-Ape Common Descent

At Uncommon Descent, Torley has analyzed my criticism of S. Joshua Swamidass's recent article, "Evidence and Evolution." Read More ›

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