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The Darwinian account of the human race would be much easier to believe in good faith if scientists could point to a clearly inferior and clearly human being. Source

29Jun 2024 by Post

Neanderthals Cared for Down Syndrome Children

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It may now be that more babies with Down syndrome are killed in the womb than are born. Source

02Feb 2024 by Post

Fossil Friday: New Evidence for the Human Nature of Neanderthals

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What is at stake is not just some esoteric species problem in the ivory tower, but the very question of human nature and human uniqueness. Source

25Jan 2024 by Post

Science or Science Fiction? Scientists Debate

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Should some Netflix documentaries be labeled science fiction? Two are currently targeted by researchers in paleontology and archeology respectively. Source

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

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

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