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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

Neanderthals

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David Klinghoffer
Date
January 23, 2026
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Be Prepared: Here Are Portable Neanderthal Toolkits

David Klinghoffer
January 23, 2026
Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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Folks, that is impressive behavior. As David Coppedge says, let’s ditch the historical racism. Read More ›
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Photo: Neanderthal Museum, by Endimione, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Coppedge
Date
November 18, 2025
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Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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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 ›
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Ancient footprint embedded in earth, showing detail of toes and sole
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 14, 2025
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Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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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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Photo credit: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 14, 2025
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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Perhaps Neanderthals Never Truly Went Extinct

Denyse O’Leary
November 14, 2025
Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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A critical part of the original tale of the Neanderthals is that, because they were stupid, we smarter, more evolved modern humans finished them off. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 6, 2025
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Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
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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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Cave with cave drawings. Cartoon mountain scene background Primitive cave paintings. ancient petroglyphs.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 22, 2025
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Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Psychology
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In Study of Human Psychology, the Power of “Maybe”

Denyse O’Leary
October 22, 2025
Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology, Psychology
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This is not science and is not a good look for a psychology that purports to have some relationship with science. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
October 3, 2025
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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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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Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 21, 2025
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Archaeology
Technology
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New Find: Stone Tools from 1 to 1.5 Million Years Ago

Denyse O’Leary
August 21, 2025
Archaeology, Technology
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The human body may have a history and human technology definitely has a history but the human mind does not. Read More ›
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Photo: Research at Rising Star cave, by Simon Fraser University - University Communications, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 26, 2025
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Archaeology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Investigation of Ancient Burials Yields Surprises

Denyse O’Leary
July 26, 2025
Archaeology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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Archaeologists are reporting on a group culture around death from 100,000 years ago, maybe involving both Neanderthals and modern humans. Read More ›
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Photo: Düssel River, through Neanderthal Valley, Germany, by Cordula, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Date
June 23, 2025
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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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For Migration, Neanderthals Followed Rivers

Science and Culture
June 23, 2025
Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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Of course, if they followed river systems, they were assured of sources of food and water along the way. Read More ›

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