No. 6 Story of 2024: Devastating Critique of Origin-of-Life Research

"God of the gaps", astrobiology programs, coacervates, code, container, Evolution, George Washington Carver, Human Origins, hydrothermal vents, James Joule, James Simpson, James Tour, Joana Xavier, Johannes Kepler, metabolism, Michael Faraday, Nick Lane, Paul Nelson, Perry Marshall, Professor Dave, proteinoid microspheres, RNA world, Robert Boyle, spark-discharge tubes, Stephen Meyer, Susan Mazur, target of selection
The magazine started by Norman Lockyer in 1869 to promote Darwin’s naturalistic views has had to face judgment day. Source
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No. 9 Story of 2024: Suppressed Dissent About Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans

"Out of Africa", Africans, bioRxiv, Current Biology, evolutionary genetics, evolutionary rate, Fossil Friday (series), heterozygous sites, Human Origins, Intelligent Design, introgression, Kafkaesque, Nature (journal), Nature Genetics, Neanderthal DNA, Neanderthals, Nobel laureates, non-Africans, paleontology, Philip Magness, PLOS, PNAS, population size, Science (journal), Scientific community, Svante Pääbo, Sydney Brenner, University of Cambridge
The case of Professor William Amos represents an interesting parallel with dissenters in the intelligent design community. Source
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Natural Selection: The God that Failed

Alfred North Whitehead, Apostle Paul, Catholic Church, Christians, Darwinian paradigm, Darwinism, earthquakes, Europe, Evolution, Faith & Science, faith and science, god-of-the-gaps fallacy, Greek philosophers, Human Origins, human soul, intelligent agent, Intelligent Design, John Lennox, lightning, New Testament, Nobel laureates, non-coding, Poseidon, pre-Socratics, Robert Laughlin, Scriptures, thunder, Zeus
The god-of-the-gaps objection does have some merit to it, but it does not rule out ID. The progress of science has dethroned a multitude of false gods. Source
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More Discoveries Point to Neanderthal Intelligence

Abric Pizarro, Annemieke Milks, Australian National University, cave lion, Clive Finlayson, cognitive ability, feathers, Gabriele Russo, Gibraltar, Gibraltar National Museum, glues, Gorham’s Caves Complex, Günter Bechly, Human Origins, Le Moustier, Middle Palaeolithic, missing link, Neanderthals, Neuroscience & Mind, New York University, pitches, Radu Iovita, resins, Sofia Samper Carro, Spain, Universität Tübingen, University of Reading, Vanguard Cave
This very ancient people we know the most about can’t be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for. Source
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