Category: Human Origins and Anthropology
Can We Talk? Human Language as the Business End of Consciousness
Naturalism (the view that it’s material nature all the way down) hasn’t fared much better with human language than with consciousness.
Evolve This: Getting Language from Darwin’s "Horrid Doubt"
It’s not clear why parrots or chimpanzees could not come up with the "merge" operator, if it is that simple.
Upcoming Event in the Spokane Area: Science & Human Origins Conference
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Save Your Brain: Skip Luc Besson’s Fantastical Lucy
It’s a complete myth that humans use only 10 percent of our brains. That’s just one problem with this blockbuster hit.
What’s Wrong with This Video from PBS? Or Rather, What Isn’t?
There is no continuous stack of photos documenting our unbroken history all the way back to our “fishy ancestor” Tiktaalik.