Tag: Natural History Museum
Fossil Friday: New Dating of Pleistocene Fossils Rewrites the Story of Human Evolution
The most recent data on human fossils and their dating do not really support an evolutionary narrative from ape-like ancestors to modern humans.
Fossil Friday: Cretaceous Insect Chimera Illustrates a Design Principle
Why does this fossil insect specimen have implications for intelligent design? The reason lies in the striking convergences it exhibits.
Fossil Friday: Ichthyosaur Birth, Another Evolutionist Just-So Story Falls Apart
This is not how good science is supposed to work but is rather typical for pseudoscience that shields itself against empirical falsification.
Peer Review Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Used Fire, and Scrawled on Cave Wall
I could not find a single reviewer who accepted the claims of the papers. They were harshly critical of claims of intentional burial of the skeletons.
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.