Category: Human Origins
Newer Chimp Hands Are Irrelevant to Human Exceptionalism
On even the slightest pretexts, science reporting seeks to undermine the exceptional place of human beings in nature.
Listen: Has Science Shown that We’re Related to Apes?
The evidence does not, despite common claims to the contrary, indicate that humans evolved from ape-like precursors.
Chimps Can Cook! — Or Not
A study stretches its findings to argue that chimps and humans are the same.
Newest "Human Ancestor" Apparently Composed Entirely of Teeth
The picture of human origins is murky, and the evolutionary account is not getting any clearer.
Were Paleoanthropologists Too Eager to Detect Design in Ancient “Stone Tools”?
Some critics of the theory of intelligent design complain that ID makes unwarranted design inferences.
Identifying Earliest Stone Tools Is “Most Important Discovery” in a Half Century — and a Score for ID
The tools, 3.3 million years old, are recognized as such because they triggered a design inference.
Privileged Species with Geneticist Michael Denton Gets Its Online Premiere; See It Now!
George Gilder calls it a “masterpiece” that “expounds what is the most important discovery of 20th-century science.” This is definitely one to let all your friends know about.
Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One Before: Much Ado over “Oldest Human Fossil”
It’s very hard to use this little jaw fragment of poor quality to demonstrate a clear link with just about anything.
A Historian Asks, "What if Other Human Species Had Survived?"
The morality of the 21st century will depend on how we respond to a simple but profound question.
Intelligent Homo erectus “Used Shells for Tool Production and Engraving”
The shell’s faintly visible “zig zag” triggered an inference to intelligent design.