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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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