22May 2026 by Post

Not Out of Context: Comments on Hawks et al. (2000)

anthropology, Aosis, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, autosomes, body plan, body size, bottleneck, brain size, cladogenesis, Evolution, faces, fossil record, Grok, hominids, Homo, Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, Homo sapiens, Human Origins, Human Origins and Anthropology, John Hawks, Journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Biology and Evolution, mtDNA, nuchal areas, nuclear DNA, paleoanthropology, paleontology, population, population size, Religions (journal), Science and Faith in Dialogue, sex chromosomes, skeleton, speciation, Stephen Barr, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The lead author is John Hawks, a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, who has a popular blog on paleoanthropology. Source
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28Jun 2024 by Post

Fossil Friday: Snake Origins —Yet Another Biological Big Bang

Big Bang, body plan, coordinated mutations, cosmology, Evolution, evolutionary clock, Fossil Friday, Intelligent Design, lizards, Najash rionegrina, paleontology, Patagoniav, population genetics, Singularity, snakes, Stony Brook University, unguided evolution, University of Michigan
The authors commented in the press releases that this burst of biological novelty suggests that “snakes are like the Big Bang ‘singularity’ in cosmology.” Source
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30Nov 2022 by Post

Untangling “Professor Dave’s” Confusion about the Cambrian Explosion

animals, birds, body plan, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Casey Luskin, cladists, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, Douglas Erwin, Ediacaran fauna, Ediacaran Period, Evolution, Fortunian, fossil record, great Ordovician biodiversification event, homology, insects, Nick Matzke, paleontology, phylum, plesiomorphic, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, symplesiomorphy, synapomorphy, The Blind Watchmaker, wings, YouTubers
We have seen the absurdly low quality of this individual’s video. But there is much more. I have added timecodes in square brackets for easier reference. Source
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