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17Jun 2023 by Post

Researchers: Neanderthals Invented Process to Produce Birch Tar

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The tar can be used for glue, bug repellent, and killing germs. This finding tracks growing recognition of Neanderthals as intelligent. Source

07Jun 2023 by Post

Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”

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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. Source

26May 2023 by Post

Fossil Friday: A Dinosaur Feather and an Overhyped New Study on the Origin of Feathers

amber, amniotes, biological novelty, biology, birds, chicken embryos, Eastern Kentucky University, Encyclopedia Britannica, Evolution, feathers, Fossil Friday, fossil record, Francis Collins, Germany, homology, integumental structures, Intelligent Design, Karl Giberson, keratin, mammal hairs, ontogenetic pathway, ontogeny, paleontology, radii, rami, reptile scales, scales, Stuttgart Natural History Museum, The Language of Science and Faith, theropod, theropod dinosaurs

Feathers, which are the most complex integumental structures known in the animal kingdom, without doubt required coordinated changes in numerous genes. Source

18Apr 2023 by Post

Do Plant Galls Falsify Darwinism?

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Charles Darwin was profoundly interested in plant galls, and Darwin himself proposed the challenge these and other forms may pose to his ideas. Source

03Apr 2023 by Post

In Belgium, Subjectivity Triumphs Over Biology

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The attitude will metastasize across society and culture, eventually corroding our most fundamental institutions and societal structures. Source

10Sep 2022 by Post

Can Myths About Dogs Tell Us About Their Origins?

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A French historian studies the relationship between ancient stories told about dogs and information from genetics and archaeology. Source

01Jul 2022 by Post

Fossil Friday: Turtles All the Way Down

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Contrary to the gradualistic expectations of Darwin’s theory, the distinct body plan of turtles appeared abruptly in the Late Triassic. Source

09Jun 2022 by Post

Rare Fossil Preserves a Moment of Deadly Battle — And Recalls a Problem for Darwin

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Pterosaurs appear abruptly in the fossil record of the Late Triassic, which agrees with the predictions of intelligent design theory. Source

03Jun 2022 by Post

Fossil Friday: Large Constrictor Snake from the Eocene

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The fossils from this locality have to be transferred (re-embedded) into artificial resin to be preserved. Source

05Mar 2022 by Post

Darwin and the Swinging 1860s

Algernon Charles Swinburne, Charles Darwin, Darwin and the Victorian Crisis of Faith (series), Evolution, faith, Faith & Science, First Cause, First Vatican Council, Flower Power, Germany, Higher Criticism, information, Kulturkampf, Otto von Bismarck, Pope Pius IX, Roman Catholic Church, Secularism, Victorian England

The threat which such thinking posed to theistic beliefs was not lost on the Roman Catholic Church when Pope Pius IX convened the First Vatican Council of 1869. Source