Tag: Stone Age

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
May 8, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, archeology, arrow, bullseye, carbon-12 resonance, cosmology, creator, debates, explorer, fine-tuning, God Hypothesis, heliocentric model, Judeo-Christian tradition, jungle, Justin Brierley, natural philosophy, Occam’s razor, Phil Halper, physics, predictions, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Stone Age, Stonehenge, target, The Story of Everything, Thomas Kuhn}

Extraordinary: Stephen Meyer and Phil Halper Debate the God Hypothesis

_{Jonathan Witt
May 8, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

6}

I could say more on the subject, but much of it is in this fantastic conversation — "the toughest debate I've ever had," as Halper graciously says at the end. Read More ›

A 1940s style American kitchen, green. Generative AI

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Date
November 25, 2025

Categories
Geology
Historical Sciences
Tagged
, climate, earth, Encyclopaedia Britannica, geologists, geology, history, humankind, humans, sediments, Stone Age}

As an Idea, the “Anthropocene” Era Is Dead

_{Science & Culture
November 25, 2025

Geology, Historical Sciences

3}

In a world where pundits regularly accuse us all of being too anthropocentric, the naming of a new geological epoch would enshrine that view forever in science. Read More ›

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post

Date
February 22, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, bones, DNA, females, mammoths, Moscow, Russia, skulls, Smithsonian Magazine, Stone Age, Tibi Puiu, ZME Science}

Mammoth Bone Structure of 24,000 Years Ago Illuminates Stone Age

_{Science & Culture
February 22, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

3}

Science journalist Tibi Puiu notes, “It’s one of the most surreal ancient structures ever built — and it’s just one of over 70 found thus far.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 31, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Paleontology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Africa, animal behavior, anthropology, antiquity, BBC News, Bronze Age, chimpanzees, Côte D’Ivoire, dehumanization, England, Homo sapiens, human mind, humans, Ice Age, Merlin, monkeys, polar bears, Stone Age, stone tools, Stonehenge, tools, vultures}

Science Writing Tries to Smash Human Exceptionalism

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 31, 2025

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Paleontology, Science Reporting

6}

Stone tool use among animals versus the Stone Age provides a useful illustration of the tendency. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 5, 2024

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thinking, anthropology, Aristotle, behavior, Big Think, consciousness, evolution, human mind, human origins, neuroscientists, panpsychism, Roger Penrose, Stone Age}

Getting Stoned: Did It Shape Human Origins?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 5, 2024

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

For a really wild excursion, nothing beats efforts to explain the evolution of the human mind. Read More ›

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post

Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 10, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, cells, civilization, earth, Earth’s crust, foresight, fossils, intelligent design, iron, Jupiter, mantle, metals, planets, Saturn, solar panels, stars, Stone Age, supernova, toxicity, wealth}

Metals: From Stars to Cells

_{Eric Hedin
May 10, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

5}

Tracing metals back to their ultimate origins, the processes of stellar nucleosynthesis come into focus. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
May 6, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, Arthur C. Clarke, Chinese, Claude Shannon, Contact (novel), demiurge, Dubai, English, etymology, Hamlet, Hebrew, information, intelligence, intelligent cause, intelligent design, Kolmogorov information, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Moses, Plato, probabilistic resources, probability, rock, SETI, Shannon information, specification, specified complexity, Stone Age, The Design Inference, Timaeus, William Shakespeare}

Why Specified Complexity Is Key to Detecting Design

_{William A. Dembski
May 6, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

30}

In plain English here is what specified complexity is and why it is able to detect design. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 8, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, adults, cave art, charcoal, children, footprints, human development, human mind, human origins, human technology, Ice Age, Italy, Russia, Stone Age, stone tools}

Childhood in the Ice Age — What Was It Like?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 8, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

4}

Having reached a point now known as the “Sala dei Misteri,” they left signatures of their time there. Read More ›

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post

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 & Culture
July 19, 2022

Arts, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

4}

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

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 22, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, BioEssays, Bruce Alberts, Darwinism, David Hume, Dubai, E. coli, evolution, Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse (series), Harvard University, Howard Berg, intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, magnetotactic bacteria, mountains, nanomachines, National Academy of Sciences, Stone Age}

From Darwinists, a Shift in Tone on Nanomachines

_{William A. Dembski
June 22, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

7}

The shift in tone from then to now is remarkable. What happened to the awe these systems used to inspire? Read More ›