Tag: IFL Science

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, birds, Biston betularia, body plans, branches, Charles Darwin, coloration, Cornelius Hunter, creationism, Darwinian evolution, evolution, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, fundamentalist Christians, Great Britain, Icons of Evolution, IFL Science, Jonathan Wells, Katie Spalding, Michael Majerus, moth wings, moths, natural selection, New York Times, organs, peppered moths, Science and Culture Today, textbooks, trunks, twigs, Zombie Science}

Pop Science Site Enlists the Peppered Moth to Attack Religion

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November 17, 2025

Evolution, Zoology

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If this is an “excellent” example of “Darwinian evolution in action,” it shows that Darwinian evolution doesn’t do very much. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 26, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, __recommended, animal butchery, Annals of New York Academy of Sciences, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, computer vision, fossil record, holotype, hominids, Homo (genus), Homo erectus, Homo habilis, human origins, humans, hunting, IFL Science, leopards, meat eating, morphological traits, Olduvai Gorge, predator–prey relationship, Rice University, stone-tool making, taphonomy}

Not a “Turning Point”: Study Finds Homo habilis Was Hunted as Prey

_{Casey Luskin
September 26, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The proposals of this study are very consistent with what we have long argued here. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 15, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, burial, cave walls, chronology, erosion, fossils, geochemistry, hominins, Homo naledi, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, hype, IFL Science, intelligence, Journal of Human Evolution, Lee Berger, media, micromorphology, Netflix, paleoanthropologists, Rising Star Cave, South Africa, spectroscopy, taphonomy, tools}

Journal Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Made Rock Art, Used Fire

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November 15, 2023

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Researchers, led by Lee Berger, had claimed in a Netflix documentary that the species buried its dead, used fire, used tools, and made rock art. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
October 23, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, annus horribilis, Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus afarensis, evolution, Germany, Graecopithecus, human origins, IFL Science, Lucy, Orrorin, paleoanthropology, Sahelanthropus, Zombie Science (book)}

Human Origins: Out of Africa, or Out of Germany?

_{Günter Bechly
October 23, 2017

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Major discoveries in paleoanthropology that have made 2017 a kind of annus horribilis for the established scientific consensus on human evolution. Read More ›

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Date
September 14, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, compound eyes, Darwinian evolution, fly, fruit flies, IFL Science, insects, intelligent design, Living Waters, narrative gloss, PNAS, salmon, wasp}

Cool Insect Tricks — Think Before You Swat

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September 14, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The whole earth relies on the abilities of insects, and they are well equipped for the beneficial functions they perform. Read More ›