Tag: Neanderthals | Page 5 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 3, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, data, fossils, Germany, Günter Bechly, hominins, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, humans, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Neanderthal DNA, Neanderthals, Nobel Prize, paleontologists, paleontology, Politics, Svante Pääbo}

New Nobel Laureate, Svante Pääbo, on the “Politics” of Paleontology and Humans Origins

_{David Klinghoffer
October 3, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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These are welcome and candid observations, refuting notions that human origins is a fully objective area of research. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 20, 2022

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bioRxiv, co-evolution, convergence, Current Biology, DNA, Duke University, evolution, ferns, Foresight (book), gene flow, heredity, horizontal gene transfer, human evolution, intelligent design, introgression, Neanderthals, North Carolina State University, University of Tübingen}

Gene Sharing Is More Widespread than Thought, with Implications for Darwinism

_{David Coppedge
September 20, 2022

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evidence is growing that organisms share existing genetic information horizontally, not just vertically. Read More ›

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Date
July 19, 2022

Categories
Arts
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, evolution, humans, Michael Marshall, Neanderthals, paleontology, Spain, Stone Age}

Neanderthal Art, if That’s What It Is, Would Upset the Evolutionary Paradigm

_{Science and Culture
July 19, 2022

Arts, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Paleontologists resist the idea that early humans called Neanderthals created any artworks. Their reasoning is sometimes circular. 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 Klinghoffer

Date
November 24, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Civic Biology, evolution, Evolution News, hair, Hall of Human Origins, Homo floresiensis, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, Human Zoos, John West, National Mall, National Museum of Natural History, Neanderthals, Racism, Science Uprising, Scopes Monkey Trial, Smithsonian Institution, The Descent of Man}

Human Evolution as a “Path to Whiteness”

_{David Klinghoffer
November 24, 2021

Bioethics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The simplified and misleading science, which is supposed to be so up-to-date as to merit showcasing on the National Mall, retains the element of traditional Darwinian racism. 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 ›

Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 9, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Ancient Near East, Christianity, Denisovans, dinosaurs, Evolution News, Exodus, Genesis, Gospels, Hebrew, hominids, Homo sapiens, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Middle East, Neanderthals, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Satan, Scripture, Stephen Jay Gould, Young Earth Creationists}

Is Genesis “Mytho-History”? As a Guide to Scripture, William Lane Craig’s Book Falls Short

_{Casey Luskin
November 9, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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As an old earther, I was dismayed by Craig’s failure to engage with common old earth interpretations of Genesis. Read More ›

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Date
October 29, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Technology
Tagged
, brain, brain size, burial, common ancestry, evolution, Francis Collins, Homo sapiens, human evolution, humans, ID the Future, Karl Giberson, Neanderthals, neo-Darwinian theory, podcast, The Language of Science and Faith}

De-Humanizing Neanderthals: A Darwinist Dog that Won’t Hunt

_{Science and Culture
October 29, 2021

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Technology

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Growing evidence suggests Neanderthals buried their dead, employed technology, and had a brain size equal to or even slightly larger than ours. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 11, 2021

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Design Inference, human origins, intelligent causation, intelligent design, Neanderthals, ochre, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Spain, water}

Painting by Neanderthals? Study Makes a Design Inference

_{Casey Luskin
August 11, 2021

Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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An observation that supports a non-natural origin is that the pigment appears only in a small, conspicuous location. Read More ›