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gorilla
Photo: Unamused gorilla, by Matt Mechtley from Heidelberg, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Doctor’s Diary: There’s Nothing Funny About Evolution

Is a sense of humor a byproduct, an accident, or was it installed on purpose? For better health? There definitely seems to be a purpose. Read More ›
Australopithecus afarensis
human origins
Photo: An artist imagines Australopithecus afarensis, Hall of Human Origins, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History; reconstruction by John Gurche; photographed by Tim Evanson / CC BY-SA.

Ann Gauger Puts Ape-to-Man Evolution Under the Microscope

Among the tenets of theistic evolution is the idea that humans evolved from a large population of ape-like creatures. Read More ›
Adam and Eve
First Couple
Image: Adam and Eve, by Tintoretto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Luskin: Adam and Eve and the Evolving Scientific Consensus

Scientists have become much more reticent about saying the first couple must be no more than a product of the ancient Hebrew imagination. Read More ›
Australopithecus-africanus
Photo: Australopithecus africanus skull, by José Braga; Didier Descouens [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Günter Bechly: Goodbye to Darwinian Gradualism

Bechly touches on the oldest australopithecine fossil skull ever found, from 3.8 million years ago. Read More ›
homo erectus
human origins
Photo: Skull fragment, Homo erectus, by Commie cretan (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Eugenie Scott Gets Intelligent Design Backwards 

This punctuated, even saltational increase in hominid skull sizes over time continues to be recognized in the literature. Read More ›
Adam and Eve
Photo credit: pasja1000, via Pixabay.

Fox News Article Shows Why Evolutionary Solutions to Adam and Eve Fail to Satisfy

Is William Lane Craig’s book good news for Christians? I’m not so sure, and here’s one reason why. Read More ›
Miocene ape Oreopithecus bambolii
Photo: Miocene ape Oreopithecus bambolii, by Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

#4 Story of 2021: Human Origins Research Is a Big Mess

Considering the number of fossils attributed to the human lineage, an absence of such fossils for the great African ape lineages raises an obvious suspicion. Read More ›
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Image: Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger / Public domain.

Human Genetic Variation — A Tale that Keeps on Telling

If the pockmarks on the moon showed this kind of specific array surrounding each crater, we would think someone was using the moon for target practice. Read More ›
cave-painting
Photo: “Tree of Life,” a cave painting from Borneo, Indonesia, by Lhfage at English Wikipedia [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Evolutionary Psychology: When We Looked In, No One Was There

Because minds don’t fossilize, anything we think we know about the minds of putative prehumans is speculation. Read More ›
humans
Photo source: Evolution News staff.

Human Evolution as a “Path to Whiteness”

The simplified and misleading science, which is supposed to be so up-to-date as to merit showcasing on the National Mall, retains the element of traditional Darwinian racism. Read More ›

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