Category: Human Origins
Early Human Religion: A 747 Built in the Basement with an X-Acto Knife
The little we know of early religion was not predicted by naturalist theses — and has not confirmed any of them.
Do Human “Tails” Represent the Simple “Turning On” of Genes Retained from Our Ancestors?
Karl Giberson wants us to think that true tails are some kind of a regression to an earlier form.
Are Humans Ever Born with “Perfectly Formed” Tails?
In The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin cited the tailbone (coccyx) as a supposed vestigial feature.
Another Icon of Evolution: The Darwinian Myth of Human “Tails”
The evolutionary notion of human “tails” is not only mistaken. It is also medically harmful.
For Neil Tyson and Cosmos, Serious Scientific Controversies Are All a Thing of the Past
Whatever you believe about the origin of humans or the future of climate change, dissent deserves to be heard.