Tag: Homo sapiens
From Jacques Monod, a Grim Message for Humanity
Biology was becoming a “real” science, melded with chemistry into the new discipline of biochemistry. At last life was reducible to molecular interactions.
Were Neanderthals Religious?
We can’t poll long-dead Neanderthals on life, death, and the hereafter but the evidence we’ve dug up suggests they were thinking about that kind of thing.
Fossil Friday: New Evidence for the Human Nature of Neanderthals
What is at stake is not just some esoteric species problem in the ivory tower, but the very question of human nature and human uniqueness.
In Prestigious Journal, Bioethicist Pushes Human Extinction
The human-extinction movement used to be pretty fringy but it may be gaining traction within bioethics and philosophy.
Were Neanderthals and Humans the Same Species?
The evidence does not demonstrate that humans evolved from some kind of humanlike yet intellectually primitive precursor.