Category: Human Origins
On Human Origins, the Need for Theory Evaluation
There are conflicting evidences, a lack of details, opposing hypotheses held with great confidence, and a wide range of explanatory mechanisms that are routinely used as needed.
The Human-Ape Missing Link — Still Missing
Research into human origins, we mean the entire field, is a mess.
On Human Fire Use, Anthropologists Miss the Point
You’d likely predict: This will largely be about the timing of our primordial fire use. There will be comparisons with chimps.
Another Day, Another “Rewrite” on Human Origins
Given evolutionary presuppositions, the direction of research and learning is not from lesser to greater clarity, but just the opposite.
Watch as Jonathan Wells Presents Zombie Science at National Book Launch
In his new book, Jonathan Wells asks a simple question: If the icons of evolution were just innocent textbook errors, why do so many of them still persist?
Latest Gallup Polling on Evolution Fails to Enlighten
Trifling evidence and momentous conclusions. That is evolution in a nutshell.
Jonathan Wells, Author of Zombie Science: Fossil Finds Only Confuse Human Origins
The day’s science headlines include a sensational announcement that our ancestors separated from apes not in Africa as previously thought, but in Eastern Europe.
Latest Homo naledi Bones Are Younger than Expected
In 1982, paleontologists Niles Eldredge and Ian Tattersall noted that it is a “myth that the evolutionary histories of living beings are essentially a matter of discovery.”
Disappointment! Homo naledi Is Younger than Previously Thought
Some scientists hoped that H. naledi would prove to be the fossil to bridge an evolutionary gap.
Science Magazine: Australopithecus sediba “Ousted from the Human Family”
There was a lot of hype about this hominid when it was first published in 2010.