Tag: Associated Press
Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”
Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10.
Australopithecines and Retroactive Confessions of Ignorance
If a few teeth of intermediate size and shape make “the most complete chain of human evolution,” then the evidence for human evolution must be quite modest.
“Thank You for Waiting. The Doctor Will Kill You Now…”
Canada has some of the most permissive euthanasia laws in the world and allows people with disabilities to be killed on request.
In a Historic Moment, Many Religious Leaders Fail the Test of COVID-19
Both David French and Robert Jeffress seem certain that their fellow believers’ religious objections can’t be sincere.
A Disappointing Decade for the Study of Human Evolution
Perhaps in ten years we’ll be having this conversation again — and perhaps at that time the Smithsonian Institution will give us all a more objective analysis of the evidence.