Category: Human Origins
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.