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Adam and Eve
Image: The Temptation and Fall of Eve (cropped), by William Blake, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Guide to Understanding Contemporary Models of Human Origins

Are there ways to reconcile the latest scientific evidence with traditional theological views? Read More ›
ravens
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Our Ancestors Are Evolving, Just to Keep Up!

Negative biases about our forebears have long been part of science, education, and popular culture. Why? Read More ›
Homo rudolfensis
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Fossil Friday: Homo rudolfensis, Another Contentious Homo

Considering the checkered history of grandiose claims and controversies in paleoanthropology, some caution may be wise. Read More ›
OH_7_replica_03
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Fossil Friday: To Be or Not to Be Homo

The fossil hominin Homo habilis was described 1964 by Louis Leakey and his colleagues from the 1.9 million year old Olduvai Gorge locality in Tanzania. Read More ›
Neanderthal Musuem
Photo: Neanderthal Musuem, Germany, by Clemens Vasters, via Flickr (cropped).

Researchers: Neanderthals Invented Process to Produce Birch Tar

The tar can be used for glue, bug repellent, and killing germs. This finding tracks growing recognition of Neanderthals as intelligent. Read More ›
David Berlinski
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Listen: David Berlinski on Chickens, Eggs, Human Exceptionalism, and a Revolution

Dr. Berlinski explores a chicken-and-egg problem facing origin-of-life research, and a blindness afflicting some evolutionists focused on human origins. Read More ›
Adam and Eve
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Does the Scientific Evidence Support Evolutionary Models of Human Origins?

The fossil record shows a break between the australopithecines, supposedly directly ancestral to our genus, and the first humanlike members of the genus. Read More ›
Temptation_Adam_Eva
Photo: Adam and Eve depicted on a pedestal at Notre-Dame de Paris, by Jebulon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

On Human Origins, New Peer-Reviewed Paper Reviews Models for Reconciling Science and Religion 

In the final section of the paper, I proposed a scoring system to rate the models. Read More ›
Homo naledi
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Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”

Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10. Read More ›
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God’s Grandeur: Some Resources to Explore

How many people are willing to give up morality, rationality, free will, truth, beauty, and goodness as valuable concepts based on reality? Read More ›

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