Homo-neanderthalensis-im-Gesprch-mit-sapiens-sapiens Type post Author David Coppedge Date November 18, 2025 CategoriesGeneticsHuman Origins and AnthropologyPaleontology Tagged , Darwinian assumptions, Denisovans, Denyse O’Leary, DNA, Durham University, Europeans, genes, handprints, historical racism, Homo sapiens, human genome, human nature, intelligence, introgression, John Hawks, Michael Gross, modern humans, Neanderthal art, Neanderthals, ochre, Paul Pettitt, PIEZO1, PNAS, Racism, Siberia, skulls, Taiwan, teeth With Neanderthals and Denisovans, We Are All the Same Kind of Being David Coppedge November 18, 2025 Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology 7 Evolutionary anthropologists need to stop putting people groups into “less evolved” categories. It’s a form of historical racism. Read More ›
diatom Type post Date August 4, 2021 CategoriesEngineeringIntelligent DesignLife Sciences Tagged , archaea, bacteria, beauty, Blaise Pascal, Caltech, Current Biology, diatoms, electron microscope, eukaryotes, Germany, God Hypothesis, Gothic cathedrals, Michael Gross, microbes, Nature Scientific Reports, Poland, purpose Diatoms, an Evolutionary Mystery, Come into Nano-Focus Science & Culture August 4, 2021 Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences 9 The jewels of the microbial world, when seen with new nano-scale imaging techniques, look like little modernist cathedrals. Read More ›
bird Type post Date June 6, 2019 CategoriesEvolutionReproductive Science Tagged , __cedited, bats, birds, chromosomes, clades, climate change, collagen, Current Biology, Darwinism, evolution, Flight, genome, Immune System, intelligence, light, mammals, Michael Gross, migration, phylogeny, PNAS, positive selection, transcriptome Birds and Bats: How Bright Is Evolutionary Light? Science & Culture June 6, 2019 Evolution, Reproductive Science 8 The media are generous with claims that new findings “shed light” on evolution. Read More ›