Category: Human Origins
In BIO-Complexity, a New Model for Human Ancestry
In 2012 at a scientific conference I met a Swedish population geneticist named Ola Hössjer.
Capuchin Monkey Throws Wrench into Human Evolution Story
The New York Times was quick to minimize the significance of the discovery.
From the “Nothing Special” Files — Apes and Their Theory of Mind
The business about knocking us down from a pedestal is based on a false premise.
Human Speech as a Stumbling Block for Darwinism — Distilled to Five Minutes
As biologist Michael Denton explains, evolutionary theory chokes on what is non-adaptive or “beyond-adaptive.”
Language Is a Rock Against Which Evolutionary Theory Wrecks Itself
Language is the tool by which we think abstractly. It is sui generis. It is a gift, a window into the human soul.
Fire Season — Contrast Evolutionary Speculations with Michael Denton’s Case in Fire-Maker
Multiple recent studies consider how man acquired fire and the impact that had on human history.
The Origin of Man and the “Waiting Time” Problem
A pre-human hominin population of roughly 10,000 individuals is thought to have evolved into modern man, in less than six million years.
A Reasonable, but Incomplete, Account of How Humans Mastered Fire
The coincidences are so extraordinary that the inference to design is surely worthy of serious consideration.
An Orangutan “Speaks,” “Orates,” Engaging in “Conversation,” “Surprisingly Like Our Own”?
A case study in science media hype.
Shared Errors: An Open Letter to BioLogos on the Genetic Evidence, Cont.
Are not such harmful, shared mutations analogous to identical typos in the term papers handed in by different students?