SahelanthropustchadensiscraniumleftsideintheMuse Type post Author Casey Luskin Date January 12, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , bipedalism, Chad, chimpanzees, common ancestor, Haaretz, hominins, human origins, John Hawks, Journal of Human Evolution, knuckle-walking, Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Leipzig, Marine Cazenave, Martin Pickford, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Michael Brunet, Milford H. Wolpoff, Nature (journal), New Scientist, New York University, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, Rhianna Drummond-Clarke, Roberto Macchiarelli, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Science Advances, Scientific American, Scott Williams, Toumaï, trees, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Washington Post New Paper Fails to Settle Debate Over Bipedalism in Sahelanthropus tchadensis Casey Luskin January 12, 2026 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 8 Many have called this fossil a human ancestor that lived at about 7 million years ago, around the time of our supposed most recent common ancestor with chimps. Read More ›
Toumaï Type post Author Casey Luskin Date February 8, 2021 CategoriesHuman 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 7 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 ›
thisisengineering-raeng-CnDBjaddRWs-unsplash Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 27, 2020 CategoriesIntelligent Design Tagged , BioEssays, biologists, brain power, censorship, complex and specified information, CSI, Dave Speijer, Discovering Intelligent Design, Europeans, Evolution News, evolutionary scientists, Federal Government, government, intelligence, intelligent design, Kevin Laland, Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique, males, Michael Behe, National Center for Scientific Research, Neo-Darwinism, Royal Society, sex, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Design Revolution, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, William A. Dembski Scientist Admits Biologists Are Obsessed with Intelligent Design Casey Luskin May 27, 2020 Intelligent Design 12 What do scientists spend more time thinking about — sex, or the theory of intelligent design? Read More ›