Category: Human evolution
What’s really at stake in the Neanderthal art controversy: The racist implications of Darwin’s theory
| May 22, 2013 | Posted by News under Human evolution, Intelligent Design |
In truth, we don’t yet have much art of any type done by anybody surviving from tens of millennia ago, so most conclusions drawn will in fact be based on underlying philosophical assumptions. more
Why on Earth would a layman accept Darwinistic claims?
| March 18, 2013 | Posted by William J Murray under Biology, Chemistry, Complex Specified Information, Darwinism, Evolution, Evolutionary biology, Human evolution, Mind, Origin Of Life |
First, by “Darwinistic” I mean “atheistic-materialist neo-Darwinist”, which includes the view that even the origin of life can be explained by reference to chance and natural law. As Alan Fox points out, many of those here are “laymen” when it comes to evolutionary biology. Most of us are not specifically schooled or trained in that… more
Is Human Intellect Degenerating?
| February 19, 2013 | Posted by DLH under Complex Specified Information, Design inference, Evolutionary biology, Genetics, Genomics, Human evolution, Intelligent Design |
Geneticist Gerald R. Crabtree reviews evidence showing genomic mutations are degrading the 2000 to 5000 genes needed for our intellectual and emotional function: New developments in genetics, anthropology, and neurobiology predict that a very large number of genes underlie our intellectual and emotional abilities, making these abilities genetically surprisingly fragile. . . . more
Was four-stranded, ‘quadruple helix’ DNA designed or mutated?
| January 21, 2013 | Posted by DLH under Biophysics, Cell biology, Genetics, Human evolution, Intelligent Design |
‘Quadruple helix’ DNA seen in human cells Balasubramanian’s group has been pursuing a four-stranded version of the molecule (DNA) that scientists have produced in the test tube now for a number of years. It is called the G-quadruplex. The “G” refers to guanine, one of the four chemical groups, or “bases”, that hold DNA together… more
Human evolution: Dental filling found from 6500 years ago
| October 1, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, News |
“It adds to evidence that Neolithic communities had a surprisingly sophisticated knowledge of dentistry.” more
Well, if that’s all you mean by human evolution …
| August 22, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, News |
In what sense is this evolution, as opposed to drawing on a library of existing traits? more
Human evolution: Fossil find suggests migrants left Africa earlier than thought, say paleontologists
| August 21, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, Intelligent Design, News |
“The discovery also bolsters genetic studies that indicate that modern humans occupied that part of the world at least 60,000 years ago, she said.” more
Human evolution: The old normal – we claim we know. The new normal – we hint we might not
| August 20, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, News |
“First, the reader must wade through the standard tale. Then comes the overturn:” more
“Adam never existed” theologian responds to critics
| August 19, 2012 | Posted by News under Christian Darwinism, Human evolution, Intelligent Design, News |
Since Enns thinks that his critics really need Adam to exist, does he grasp the centrality of the fact that he himself really needs him not to? more
Todd Wood on claim that Neanderthals and modern humans did not interbreed
| August 16, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, News |
” … That’s not to say that one couldn’t make a case for incomplete lineage sorting, but we would need some new evidence to really seal the deal.” more
Researchers: Neanderthals and modern humans did not interbreed, had common ancestor
| August 14, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, News |
“the DNA that Neanderthal and modern humans share can all be attributed to their common origin, without any recent influx of Neanderthal DNA into modern humans.” more
DeWitt’s digital manipulation of skull 1470
| August 13, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, Intelligent Design, News |
“Importantly, the skull and jaw are from two separate individuals. That has to be kept in mind.” more
Human evolution: Skull 1470, it turns out, has a multiple personality disorder
| August 9, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, Intelligent Design, News |
“It has long been notorious for its ability to assume different shapes depending on how it is reconstructed.” more
The rise of civilization depended on carpenters?
| August 9, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, Intelligent Design, News |
This will be no surprise to anyone who has tried to find a competent carpenter. more
Human evolution: It was all a coding error, see …
| August 9, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, Intelligent Design, News |
If the word “mistake” is in scare quotes, may we assume that MSNBC doesn’t consider it a mistake? If intended, that would be the real news. more
Two possible new homo species unearthed from time of homo erectus?
| August 9, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, Intelligent Design, News |
“The finds, announced in the scientific journal Nature on August 9th, include a face, a remarkably complete lower jaw, and part of a second lower jaw.” more
Vid: Free tutorials on the 1000 Genomes Project
| August 9, 2012 | Posted by News under Genomics, Human evolution, News |
Plus slides. Get up to speed. Pay nothing. Thank the Internet. more
Advanced culture began much earlier than thought in southern Africa
| August 1, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, News |
“For instance, stone spear points – a hallmark of Middle Stone Age technology – were replaced by bows and bone arrows.” more
Ancient statue with a tale to tell
| July 31, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, News |
But people in what is now Turkey were doing this sort of thing 10,000 years earlier … more
Human-ape common ancestry: A monkey chimes in
| July 29, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, Intelligent Design, News |
That man descends from our noble race – The very idea is a disgrace.
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