Tag: modern humans

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 23, 2026

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, Acheulean stone tools, Africa, Biological Theory, brain size, brain volume, Denisovans, encephalization quotient, evolution, FOXP2, genes, Homo erectus, human origins, humans, hunting, hyoid, Indonesia, intellectual capabilities, language, laryngeal air sacs, linguistic communication, modern humans, Neanderthals, seafaring, speaking, symbols, thinking}

Paper Defends Spoken Language in Homo erectus

_{Casey Luskin
February 23, 2026

Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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The first thing that comes to mind in the context of intellectual capabilities is brain size. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 18, 2025

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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

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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 ›

Ancient footprint embedded in earth, showing detail of toes and sole

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 14, 2025

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, arithmetic, DNA, egg cells, footprints, Homo sapiens, modern humans, Neanderthals, New Scientist, PIEZO1, sperm, Switzerland, University of Seville, University of Zurich}

The Neanderthal Story Keeps Evolving (Even if Nothing Else Does)

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 14, 2025

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The University of Seville announces that Neanderthal footprints found along Portugal’s Algarve coast have led to unexpected insights about Neanderthal culture. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 6, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, brain, cave art, Durham University, France, handprints, history, materialists, mind, modern humans, Neanderthal art, Neanderthals, Spain}

Could Neanderthals Create Art, or Were They Not Evolved Enough?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 6, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Materialists have long sought to show that Neanderthals were less mentally evolved than modern humans. Read More ›

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Date
January 9, 2025

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, archaic humans, brain, Denisovans, evolution, human origins, humans, modern humans, Neanderthals, Phys.org, researchers, skull, University of Padua}

Neanderthals May Be “Same Species” As Us

_{Science & Culture
January 9, 2025

Cultural Anthropology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

2}

Using coalescence analyses and molecular clock assessments, the researchers reconstructed a timeline of genetic events. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
October 4, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, apes, Australopithecines, Down syndrome, evolutionists, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Homo floresiensis, Homo habilis, Indonesia, modern humans, morphology, paleontology}

Fossil Friday: Hobbits Thwart Darwinian Predictions Again

_{Günter Bechly
October 4, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Evolutionists reliably tend to follow one foundational principle: “What must not be, cannot be!” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 29, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Africa, Asia, Australopithecines, Chris Stringer, Darwin critics, Eurasia, Europe, evolutionary narrative, Fossil Friday (series), gene flow, gravity, Homo floresiensis, Homo luzonensis, Homo naledi, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, Israel, Misliya cave, modern humans, Natural History Museum, Pleistocene, population genetics}

Fossil Friday: New Dating of Pleistocene Fossils Rewrites the Story of Human Evolution

_{Günter Bechly
March 29, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The most recent data on human fossils and their dating do not really support an evolutionary narrative from ape-like ancestors to modern humans. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 28, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, China, Darwinian theory, East Africa, East Asia, Ethiopia, Europeans, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, human origins, India, Israel, Middle Palaeolithic, Middle Pleistocene, Misliya cave, modern humans, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, New Scientist, Racism, rewriting}

Rewriting Human Origins, Ongoing in East Asia

_{Günter Bechly
November 28, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

12}

The reason all these new discoveries are so noteworthy is not because they represent the usual progress of science. Read More ›

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Date
February 22, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Africa, Ann Gauger, Australopithecines, cave art, Colin Reeves, Denisovans, Dennis Venema, DNA, Europe, Homo, Homo sapiens, human origins, modern humans, Neanderthals, Ola Hössjer, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, Spain, theistic evolution, Wall Street Journal}

Adam and the Genome and Neanderthal Cave Art

_{Science & Culture
February 22, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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As if on cue, science news today reports a remarkable discovery from Spain. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 17, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, Australopithecines, evolution, fossil record, ID the Future, modern humans, podcast, Sarah Chaffee, theistic evolution}

An Uncommonly Clear Discussion of Human Origins

_{David Klinghoffer
January 17, 2018

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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As Ann Gauger explains, there’s a gap of about a million years between when Australopithecines seem to depart from the fossil record and when modern humans unambiguously appear. Read More ›