a-group-of-resting-lemurs-katta-stockpack-adobe-stock Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 22, 2014 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, Karl Giberson, The Myth of Human Tails Human Tails: Another Evolutionary Icon that Coyne, Giberson and Other Darwin Defenders Would Be Wise to Abandon Casey Luskin May 22, 2014 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 3 Charles Darwin was the first to articulate this notion, but it survives, a true vestige, among his modern advocates. Read More ›
Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 20, 2014 CategoriesHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, Karl Giberson, science, The Myth of Human Tails “Pseudotails” and “True Tails” Have Similar Causes, Suggesting Both Are Birth Defects, Not Vestigial Holdovers Casey Luskin May 20, 2014 Human Origins and Anthropology 7 Yet another evolutionary icon has fallen to the data. Read More ›
Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 19, 2014 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, Karl Giberson, The Myth of Human Tails How the Darwinian View of Human “Tails” Leads to Harmful Medical Practices Casey Luskin May 19, 2014 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 8 Darwin-defenders like Karl Giberson have used the rare phenomenon of babies born with supposed "tails" as evidence for common descent. Read More ›
Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 16, 2014 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, Karl Giberson, The Myth of Human Tails Are Human Tails Mere “Vestigial” or “Benign” Structures Born to “Otherwise Healthy” Babies? Casey Luskin May 16, 2014 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 10 Prominent medical researchers on the "human tail" now see it as "a disturbance in the development of the embryo" not "a regression in the evolutionary process." Read More ›
Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 13, 2014 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, Karl Giberson, The Myth of Human Tails Do Human “Tails” Represent the Simple “Turning On” of Genes Retained from Our Ancestors? Casey Luskin May 13, 2014 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 1 Karl Giberson wants us to think that true tails are some kind of a regression to an earlier form. Read More ›
Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 12, 2014 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and AnthropologyMedicine Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, Karl Giberson, The Myth of Human Tails Are Humans Ever Born with “Perfectly Formed” Tails? Casey Luskin May 12, 2014 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Medicine 9 In The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin cited the tailbone (coccyx) as a supposed vestigial feature. Read More ›
Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 9, 2014 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, Karl Giberson, The Myth of Human Tails Another Icon of Evolution: The Darwinian Myth of Human “Tails” Casey Luskin May 9, 2014 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 4 The evolutionary notion of human "tails" is not only mistaken. It is also medically harmful. Read More ›
