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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 4, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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, birds, bread, chimpanzees, cuttlefish, Homer, humans, intelligence, Stanford University, timing}

Researchers: More Intelligent Jays Show More Self-Control

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November 4, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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The researchers say that the same relationship holds true for cuttlefish, chimpanzees, and humans. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, brain size, Christof Koch, Ernst Mayr, Eurasia, evolution, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), hominins, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, paleoanthropologists, Pleistocene, skulls, Southeast Asia}

The Big Bang Origin of Homo

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October 31, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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This unbridged gap between the ape-like australopithecines and the abruptly appearing human-like members of our genus challenges evolutionary accounts. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 29, 2022

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, cats, communication, Dogs, France, humans, information, neuroscience}

Cats Recognize and Respond to Our Voices

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 29, 2022

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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If you are a cat’s human friend, he cares when you talk to him. Whether he will, or even can, do what you want is a separate question. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 27, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecines, Australopithecus sediba, Bernard Wood, burial, chronology, CNN, Daily Mail, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), George Washington University, hominins, Homo erectus, Homo naledi, human origins, humans, Ian Tattersall, morphology, mosaic, South Africa, University of Missouri}

The Human Fossil Record Lacks Intermediaries

_{Casey Luskin
October 27, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The news media might be heavily biased toward evolution, but at least it is predictable. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 26, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ardipithecus, Associated Press, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, Australopithecus anamensis, balance, Bernard Wood, bipedalism, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), human evolution, human origins, humans, Lucy, National Geographic, paleontology, teeth}

Australopithecines and Retroactive Confessions of Ignorance

_{Casey Luskin
October 26, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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If a few teeth of intermediate size and shape make “the most complete chain of human evolution,” then the evidence for human evolution must be quite modest. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, apes, Charles Darwin, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), gradualism, Harvard University, Henry Gee, hominids, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, humans, jaws, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, paleoanthropology, Richard Lewontin, Ronald Wetherington, skulls, Southern Methodist University, Stephen Jay Gould, Texas State Board of Education, textbooks}

Do Fossils Demonstrate Human Evolution? Let’s Consider the Technical Literature

_{Casey Luskin
October 24, 2022

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Far from “a nice clean example” of “gradualistic evolutionary change” that has “no gaps,” the fossil record shows a dramatic discontinuity. Read More ›

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Date
October 20, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science
Tagged
, central nervous system, DNA, evolution, fossils, genome, human origins, humans, meditation, Neanderthals, non-Africans, sleep, smoking}

Got These Bad Habits? Blame Neanderthals!

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October 20, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Science

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Neanderthal man, long extinct as a separate human group, now explains why we smoke and drink to excess… Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 19, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Tagged
, economics, freedom, geological features, human thriving, humans, ideology, nature rights, oceans, paganism, PLOS Biology, technocracy, wokeness}

Woke Science: Prestigious Biology Journal Claims “Ocean” Is a “Living Entity” with Rights

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October 19, 2022

Bioethics, Culture

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The “Ocean rights” approach would make the creatures of the sea co-equal with humans. Read More ›

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Date
October 15, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algebra, ants, calculus, common ancestor, fish, frogs, geometry, humans, neurons, neuroscience, numbers, zebrafish}

How Frogs and Fish “Count”

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October 15, 2022

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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We’re beginning to find out more about how animals that don’t really “think” much can keep track of numbers, when needed. Read More ›

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Date
October 3, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Cesare Lombroso, Charles Darwin, Darwin Comes to Africa, Darwin Day in America, Darwinism, DNA, evolution, humans, Italy, materialism, Racism, Richard Weikart, The Descent of Man, Turin}

Darwinian Racism, Past and Present

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October 3, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution

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John West discusses his experience visiting the Museum of Criminal Anthropology in Turin, Italy, and Cesare Lombroso’s racist ideas about evolution. Read More ›