Tag: Lucy

Bare foot of young woman walking at home, closeup

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
February 23, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anatomy, ankle fusion, ankle performance, apes, arched feet, arches, Arches National Park, Australopithecus afarensis, Carol Ward, cuboid bone, cuneiform bone, D. J. Meldrum, E. E. Sarmiento, Energy, engineering, Ethiopia, fibula, flat feet, foot, Foot and Ankle International, football, fossils, Hadar, Homo sapiens, HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology, human foot, humans, irreducibly complex systems, jig, keystones, lateral arch, linkage system, lower body, Lucy, medial arch, midfoot, Nathan Lents, P. J. Mitchell, Roman arch, shock, squash, talus bone, tibia, Utah}

Appreciating the Irreducible Complexity of the Human Foot

_{Stuart Burgess
February 23, 2026

Anatomy, Intelligent Design

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In the fossil record there are no transitional forms between the arched feet of humans and the flat feet of apes. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 11, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Education
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Australopithecines, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, Casey Luskin, Ernst Mayr, Hall of Human Origins, Harvard University, human evolution, human exceptionalism, human origins, knuckle-walking, Lucy, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), New York Post, podcast, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Smithsonian Institution, transparency, Trump Administration}

Casey Luskin Calls on the Smithsonian to Get It Right on Human Origins

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 11, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Education

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The Smithsonian Institution has recently been called out by the Trump Administration for pushing “one-sided, divisive political narratives.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Psychology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, animals, apes, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, cruelty, Dogs, Donald Trump, Ernest Hemingway, gorillas, human exceptionalism, human origins, humans, Journal of Human Evolution, Lucy, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), New York Post, paleoanthropologists, people, psychology, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Smithsonian Institution, wokeness}

Luskin in the NY Post Calls Out Smithsonian on Human Origins

_{David Klinghoffer
July 28, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Psychology

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The museum misinforms visitors about how humans are so very, very close to non-human creatures. Equating humans with non-humans isn't humane. It's the opposite. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 7, 2024

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Tagged
, algae, birds, chimpanzees, crows, invertebrates, Jane Goodall, Lucy, Max Planck Institute, octopuses, otters, tools}

Who (or What) First Used Tools?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 7, 2024

Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology

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It’s not stone tool use that is exclusive to humans; vultures can do that too. It’s the ability to form abstract ideas. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 23, 2023

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecines, bones, Darwinian, evolutionists, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Homo habilis, human origins, humans, Lucy, missing links, Olduvai Gorge, paleoanthropologists, stone tools, Tanzania}

Fossil Friday: To Be or Not to Be Homo

_{Günter Bechly
June 23, 2023

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The fossil hominin Homo habilis was described 1964 by Louis Leakey and his colleagues from the 1.9 million year old Olduvai Gorge locality in Tanzania. 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
Günter Bechly

Date
May 31, 2022

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

Date
November 24, 2021

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, __nedited, Ardipithecus, Australopithecus sediba, bones, brain size, Cambrian Explosion, climate change, creator, Darwinism, Declaration of Independence, evolution, gradualism, hair, Hall of Human Origins, Homo erectus, Homo floresiensis, Homo naledi, human language, Human Zoos, humanity, Lucy, museum, National Museum of Natural History, Neanderthal DNA, Neanderthals, Orrorin, Science Uprising, Smithsonian Institution, Thomas Jefferson, whiteness}

Evolution Theater: Smithsonian Whitewashes Human Origins

_{David Coppedge
November 24, 2021

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The museum makes a big deal of Lucy. Their portrayal has many more bones than the original! Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 12, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Aeon, Bernard Wood, brain size, chimpanzees, Denisovans, DNA, evolution, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Lucy, Middle Pleistocene, most recent common ancestor, Neanderthals, pseudogenes, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), William Lane Craig}

Traditional or Not? Assessing William Lane Craig’s Model on Adam and Eve

_{Casey Luskin
November 12, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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I’m having trouble making sense of exactly what his model holds. And it seems I’m not alone. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
September 15, 2020

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, anthropology, apes, basketball, bipedalism, chimpanzees, Doctor's Diary (series), evolution, fossils, humans, intelligence, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Lucy, pelvis, Rutgers University}

Doctor’s Diary: No “Butts” About It

_{Geoffrey Simmons
September 15, 2020

Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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An anthropologist writes that the evolution of bipedal-walking primates was primarily caused by the shifting of select bones and muscles in the pelvis. Read More ›