Foetus of an Orang showing the form of the ear Type post Author Günter Bechly Date September 27, 2017 CategoriesEvolutionGeneticsHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __edited, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, circular reasoning, common ancestry, homology, humans, Jerry Coyne, monkeys, orangutan, Star Trek, vestigial structures Darwin’s Point: No Evidence for Common Ancestry of Humans with Monkeys Günter Bechly September 27, 2017 Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology 10 The bump was originally discovered by the celebrated British sculptor Thomas Woolner, who informed Charles Darwin about it. Read More ›
clam shell Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 27, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsBiologyEthicsLife Sciences Tagged , __cedited, animals, bacteria, flies, humans, morality, PETA, reporter, The Economist Dear Economist — Humans Are Not Just Another Animal Wesley J. Smith August 27, 2017 Bioethics, Biology, Ethics, Life Sciences 2 Of course we are animals in the strictly biological sense, as are clams, flies, and bacteria. But not in the moral sense. Read More ›
Australopithecus Type post Author Casey Luskin Date July 18, 2017 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and AnthropologyScience Tagged , __cedited, anthropology, apes, Ardi, human origins, humans, missing links, St. George Jackson Mivart The Human-Ape “Missing Link” — Still Missing Casey Luskin July 18, 2017 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science 8 Research into human origins, we mean the entire field, is a mess. Read More ›
CONCACAF Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date July 18, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsHuman ExceptionalismIntelligent Design Tagged , __cedited, animals, boxing, exercise, Howard Glicksman, humans, specified complexity, Sports Soccer and Human Exceptionalism Sarah Chaffee July 18, 2017 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design 2 About a billion people watched the final match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. That’s around 1/7th of the world’s population. Read More ›
Type post Date December 16, 2011 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __k-review, evolution, genetic disease, humans, identical twins, Junk Body Parts, junk DNA, science Why Identical Twins Aren’t Identical: Epistasis and Its Evolutionary Implications Science & Culture December 16, 2011 Evolution 1 With every study that reveals another layer of complexity in the genome, it becomes more difficult to attribute evolutionary progress to an accumulation of random factors. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date December 15, 2011 CategoriesIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, evolution, humans, Junk Body Parts, junk DNA, science Human Fine Body Hair and the Myth of Junk Body Parts David Klinghoffer December 15, 2011 Intelligent Design 1 "If our skin is meant to be mostly bare, why do we have the tiny ineffectual hairs at all?" Read More ›