Tag: John Hawks

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 18, 2025

Tagged
, __trending, Alison George, attraction, Chauvet Cave, crayons, Crimea, Darwinian assumptions, Denisovans, Denyse O’Leary, DNA, Durham University, Europeans, finger flutings, genes, handprints, historical racism, Homo sapiens, human genome, human nature, intelligence, introgression, John Hawks, Kristina Killgrove, Krystal Kasal, Michael Gross, modern humans, Neanderthal art, Neanderthals, NOVA1, ochre, ornaments, Paul Pettitt, PIEZO1, PNAS, Racism, Siberia, skulls, speleothems, Taiwan, teeth, Zurich}

With Neanderthals and Denisovans, We Are All the Same Kind of Being

_{David Coppedge
November 18, 2025

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Evolutionary anthropologists need to stop putting people groups into “less evolved” categories. It’s a form of historical racism. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 28, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Australopithecines, birds, Cambrian Explosion, Casey Luskin, common descent, cynodonts, Darwin's Doubt, dinosaurs, Discovery Institute, evolution, fossil record, hominids, hominins, humans, intelligent design, John Hawks, land mammals, mammaliaforms, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, New York Times, Richard Sternberg, science denial, science teachers, Stephen Meyer, Therapsids, transitional fossils, walking whales, YouTubers}

Debunking “Professor Dave’s” Hit Piece Against Stephen Meyer

_{Günter Bechly
November 28, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This YouTube video runs to about an hour and a quarter, so I will be answering him once again in a series, minute by minute. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 9, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Alain Beauvilain, Ardipithecus, bipedality, Chad, femur, fossil record, Graecopithecus, hominins, John Hawks, mandible, Miocene, Miocene apes, Natural History Museum, Nature (journal), Orrorin, paleontology, Paris, Roberto Macchiarelli, Sahara Desert, Sahelanthropus, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, skull, University of Poitiers}

Fossil Friday: Sahelanthropus, to Be or Not to Be Bipedal

_{Günter Bechly
September 9, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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On the morning of July 19, 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Sahara Desert. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ad hominem, Australopithecines, Australopithecus afarensis, bipedality, Crete, Dave Farina, evolution, fossils, geologists, Graecopithecus, hominins, Homo sapiens, human evolution, intelligent design, John Hawks, Little Foot, Lucy, Miocene apes, Neanderthals, paleontologists, Professor Dave, Science Uprising, slander, Trachilos, YouTube videos}

Examining “Professor Dave’s” Absurd Attack on Casey Luskin

_{Günter Bechly
May 31, 2022

Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The attack on Luskin is the most ludicrous part of the non-professor’s video, with Farina claiming at one point that Luskin perpetrated “a criminal offense.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 11, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Adam Hochschild, colonialism, Congo, Darwinism, documentary, George H.W. Bush, George Herbert Walker, Human Zoos, John Hawks, John West, King Leopold, Philippines, Royal Museum for Central Africa, St. Louis, Summer White House, Tervuren, U.S. Presidents, Walker’s Point, World's Fair}

Human Zoos — International, Still Being Airbrushed

_{David Klinghoffer
August 11, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The Belgian human zoo sounds exactly like the St. Louis equivalent just a few years later. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 8, 2021

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, bipedalism, chimpanzees, femur, gorillas, hominin, human ancestor, human origins, John Hawks, Journal of Human Evolution, Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Madelaine Böhme, Martin Pickford, New Scientist, Roberto Macchiarelli, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, University of Poitiers, University of Tübingen}

Newly Published Analysis Refutes Claims that Sahelanthropus tchadensis Was Human Ancestor

_{Casey Luskin
February 8, 2021

Human Origins and Anthropology

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What happened to the femur? Did the original discoverers hold on to the bones to stonewall an analysis with a conclusion they didn’t like? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
April 19, 2019

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, australopithecine, Australopithecus, Bernard Wood, Darwinian expectations, Darwinism, Denisovans, fossil record, Homo (genus), Homo floresiensis, Homo luzonensis, Homo naledi, Homo sapiens, John Hawks, Karl Popper, Nature (journal), Philippines, Uncommon Descent, Wall Street Journal}

New Fossil Human Species Thwarts Core Darwinian Predictions

_{Günter Bechly
April 19, 2019

Human Origins and Anthropology

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I can hardly resist the temptation to say “I told you so,” or to jokingly remark, “Oops, they did it again.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 30, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Alain Beauvilain, burial, Chad, Darwinian paradigm, femur, fossils, gorilla, hominid, human origins, Israel, John Hawks, mandible, Miocene, Misliya cave, paleoanthropology, Sahara Desert, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Stony Brook University}

#3 of Our Top Stories of 2018: For Paleoanthropology, Another Annus Horribilis

_{Günter Bechly
December 30, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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In 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Chadian Sahara Desert. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam Hochschild, Belgium, colonialism, Darwinian theory, evolution, George H.W. Bush, George Herbert Walker, history, human evolution, Human Zoos, indigenous people, John Hawks, John West, King Leopold, Maine, npr, paleoanthropology, Philippines, Politics, Racism, Royal Museum for Central Africa, scientific racisim, St. Louis World's Fair, Summer White House, Tervuren, U.S. Presidents, United States, Walker’s Point}

Human Zoos — International, Still Being Airbrushed

_{David Klinghoffer
October 16, 2018

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The Belgian human zoo sounds exactly like the St. Louis equivalent just a few years later. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 29, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Alain Beauvilain, burial, Chad, Darwinian paradigm, femur, fossils, gorilla, hominid, human origins, Israel, John Hawks, mandible, Miocene, Misliya cave, paleoanthropology, Sahara Desert, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Stony Brook University}

For Paleoanthropology, Dawn of Another Annus Horribilis

_{Günter Bechly
January 29, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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In 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Chadian Sahara Desert. Read More ›