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21Sep 2023 by Post

Evidence of Woodworking Extends High Human Intelligence Far Back into the Mid-Pleistocene

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This rare find shows that some of the very human-like forms in the fossil record were actually much smarter than we thought. Source

18Sep 2023 by Post

How Evolutionary Theory’s Co-Founder Broke with Darwin

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Unlike Darwin, Wallace thought that biology, chemistry, and cosmology proclaimed clear evidence of intelligent design. Source

07Aug 2023 by Post

Asking Questions Demonstrates Human Exceptionalism

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This human trait of question-asking begins almost as soon as we learn to talk. Young children can confound their parents with their rapid-fire questions. Source

07Jul 2023 by Post

Ovid in His Exile

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Schermerhorn Hall at Columbia University was the scene of many strange experiments. Source

03Jul 2023 by Post

With Becket Cook, David Berlinski Discusses Speech as a Problem for Darwin, and More

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Dog owners know that to look into your dog’s eyes is often to see that the dog has something he wishes to say but lacks the “machinery for externalization.” Source

23Jun 2023 by Post

Fossil Friday: To Be or Not to Be Homo

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The fossil hominin Homo habilis was described 1964 by Louis Leakey and his colleagues from the 1.9 million year old Olduvai Gorge locality in Tanzania. Source

19Jun 2023 by Post

Good as Gould? Ask a Chimp

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No distinction in kind rather than degree between ourselves and the chimps? No distinction? Seriously, folks? Source

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

12Jun 2023 by Post

Does the Scientific Evidence Support Evolutionary Models of Human Origins?

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The fossil record shows a break between the australopithecines, supposedly directly ancestral to our genus, and the first humanlike members of the genus. Source

09Jun 2023 by Post

On Human Origins, New Peer-Reviewed Paper Reviews Models for Reconciling Science and Religion

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In the final section of the paper, I proposed a scoring system to rate the models. Source