Tag: Natural History Museum

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Date
July 23, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, asocial brain, body temperature, brain, cephalopods, cuttlefish, dog, dolphins, ectotherm, endotherms, habitat, intelligence, iScience, Jennifer Mather, Jess Cockerill, Lisa Hendry, mammals, mirror, Natural History Museum, neurology, neurons, neuroscience, octopus, ScienceAlert, shellfish, social brain, squid, University of Lethbridge, whales}

Hey Octopus, How Did You Get to Be So Smart?

_{Science & Culture
July 23, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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With the asocial brain hypothesis, researchers ask us to think beyond traditional explanations for why some animals display unexpected intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 24, 2026

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, archaeology, China, Chris Stringer, Denisovans, evolution, evolutionary narrative, evolutionary timeline, Günter Bechly, hominins, Homo erectus, Homo longi, Homo sapiens, human evolution, London, media, morphological data, morphology, Natural History Museum, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, revision, Rick Potts, Science (journal), Science Advances, skulls, Susan Antón, Xiaobo Feng, Yunxian 2, Yunxian skulls}

Like It Never Happened: Yunxian Skulls Reassigned Based on Evolution, Not Data

_{Casey Luskin
February 24, 2026

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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As Günter Bechly used to wryly observe, human evolution is a subject that is constantly being “rewritten,” often accompanied by much media fanfare. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 3, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, BBC, China, Chris Stringer, Denisovans, evolution, fossil record, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo sapiens, homoplasy, human origins, intelligent design, Live Science, London, Middle Pleistocene, Natural History Museum, Neanderthals, Ola Hössjer, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, Science (journal), skulls}

Skulls from China Said to Push Origin of Homo sapiens Back to 1 Million Years

_{Casey Luskin
October 3, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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How many times have we been told that some new paleoanthropological find is “rewriting the story of human evolution”? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 20, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Gabon, Metazoa, morphology, Natural History Museum, nutrients, precambrian fossils, protists, Vienna, word salad}

Fossil Friday: Update on the Dubious Nature of the Precambrian Gabonionta

_{Günter Bechly
September 20, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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What we definitely do not find here is any credible evidence for an evolutionary transition to genuine multicellular eukaryotes. 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
December 8, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, amber, Brazil, Crato Formation, Darwinian evolution, dragonflies, empirical data, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, insects, intelligent design, larvae, Natural History Museum, paleoentomology, phylogenetic systematics, phylogenetics, Stuttgart, Willi Hennig, Winston Ewert}

Fossil Friday: Cretaceous Insect Chimera Illustrates a Design Principle

_{Günter Bechly
December 8, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Why does this fossil insect specimen have implications for intelligent design? The reason lies in the striking convergences it exhibits. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 29, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, birth, cannibalism, Darwinists, embryos, evolutionary biology, falsification, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, ichthyosaurs, intelligent design, London, marine reptiles, Mesozoic, mothers, Natural History Museum, paleontology, pseudoscience, science denial, State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart}

Fossil Friday: Ichthyosaur Birth, Another Evolutionist Just-So Story Falls Apart

_{Günter Bechly
September 29, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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This is not how good science is supposed to work but is rather typical for pseudoscience that shields itself against empirical falsification. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 22, 2023

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ABC News, afterlife, Arizona State University, bioRxiv, brain, burial, Chris Stringer, documentary, eLife, evolution, fire, Homo naledi, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, intelligence, Lee Berger, Natural History Museum, Nature (journal), paleoanthropology, peer review, religion, skeletons, The Guardian, University of Western Australia}

Peer Review Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Used Fire, and Scrawled on Cave Wall

_{Casey Luskin
September 22, 2023

Cultural Anthropology, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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I could not find a single reviewer who accepted the claims of the papers. They were harshly critical of claims of intentional burial of the skeletons. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 7, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ABC News, archaeologists, Associated Press, Australia, bioRxiv, burial, cave art, chimpanzees, fire use, Germany, Griffith University, hominids, Homo naledi, human origins, intelligence, Kenya, Lee Berger, Natural History Museum, Neanderthals, New York Times, Newsweek, paleontology, Phys.org, Rising Star Cave, Science News, skeletons, Spain, The Conversation, Wall Street Journal}

Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”

_{Casey Luskin
June 7, 2023

Archaeology, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 3, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Paleontology
Physics
Tagged
, Australia, Bavaria, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, genus, Germany, hard science, magic wand, Natural History Museum, Neo-Darwinism, species, Stuttgart, Upper Jurassic}

Fossil Friday: Evolutionary Stasis in Fossil Damselflies Challenges Darwinism

_{Günter Bechly
March 3, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Paleontology, Physics

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In the hard sciences such explanations that can explain everything and rule out no possible observations are usually considered empirically empty and worthless. Read More ›