15Aug 2026 by Post

Human Evolution Needs Subhumans, and Needs Them Badly

Amazon, archeology, Ascent of Man, astrobiology, China, Cultural Anthropology, Darwinian evolution, Eurasia, evolutionary psychology, forebears, genomes, glaciers, Greece, Human Origins and Anthropology, Jonathan Cheng, Matthew Phelan, Neanderthals, rainforest, Ross Andersen, Sanxingdui, Stone Age, subhumans, The Atlantic, UC Berkeley, Wall Street Journal
Excavation of Neanderthal and other sites is leveling even further the fabled Ascent of Man. Source
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24Jul 2026 by Post

Get Smart: Neanderthals Progress from Brute to Beaut

archeology, brain development, burial sites, cave walls, childhood development, cognitive functioning, Culture, DNA, Evolution, fossils, Friedrich Alexander University, genes, genetics, genome, human mind, Human Origins, Human Origins and Anthropology, Indiana University Bloomington, intelligence, Kyoto University, language, modern humans, Neanderthals, Nurnberg, paleontology, researchers, Scientific American, Tom Schoenemann
We must be ready to ask some questions about many of the evolution stories we have taken for granted. Source
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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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18May 2026 by Post

Physicist Overstates the “Gradual” Nature of Human Origins in the Fossil Record

Ann Gauger, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, brain size, cranial buttressing, dental function, Evolution, First Things, God's Grandeur, Homo erectus, Homo rudolfensis, Homo sapiens, Human Origins, Human Origins and Anthropology, humans, Nature (journal), paleoanthropologists, paleontology, Stephen Barr, theology, University of Delaware
We’ve gone back and forth with Dr. Barr many times in the past. Mainstream paleoanthropologists acknowledge that the origin of humans is sudden and abrupt. Source
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25Mar 2026 by Post

Geneticist W. E. Lönnig on Human-Chimp DNA Similarity, and Much More

1 percent myth, apes, Arne Schirmacher, ATP, Australopithecus, Bible, biology, Cambrian Explosion, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, designer, Energy, geneticists, genetics, German, grass, Günter Bechly, Human Origins and Anthropology, humans, Institute of Genetics, Köln, living fossils, Max Planck Institute, metabolic processes, mice, naturalism, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, nucleotide differences, origin of life, Peter Pan, protein sequences, Richard Dawkins, Science and Culture Today, subway, University of Bonn, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, yeast
"The same people who admit that they are unable to create a single blade of grass tell you that they are absolutely sure they know how it came about." Source
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24Feb 2026 by Post

Like It Never Happened: Yunxian Skulls Reassigned Based on Evolution, Not Data

Archaeology, China, Chris Stringer, Denisovans, Evolution, evolutionary narrative, evolutionary timeline, Günter Bechly, hominins, Homo erectus, Homo longi, Homo sapiens, human evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, London, media, morphological data, morphology, Natural History Museum, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, revision, Rick Potts, Science (journal), Science Advances, skulls, Susan Antón, Xiaobo Feng, Yunxian 2, Yunxian skulls
As Günter Bechly used to wryly observe, human evolution is a subject that is constantly being “rewritten,” often accompanied by much media fanfare. Source
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23Feb 2026 by Post

Paper Defends Spoken Language in Homo erectus

Acheulean stone tools, Africa, Biological Theory, brain size, brain volume, Denisovans, encephalization quotient, Evolution, FOXP2, genes, Homo erectus, Human Origins, Human Origins and Anthropology, humans, hunting, hyoid, Indonesia, intellectual capabilities, language, laryngeal air sacs, linguistic communication, linguistics, modern humans, Neanderthals, seafaring, speaking, symbols, thinking
The first thing that comes to mind in the context of intellectual capabilities is brain size. Source
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16Feb 2026 by Post

Supposed Fusion Site Contains Expressed Genes, Likely Influences Neural Development

Australopithecus, bonobos, Cell Genomics, cell's, chimps, Chromosomal Fusion, chromosomes, Evolution, functional advantage, fusion site, genes, genetics, genome, gorillas, human chromosomal fusion, human chromosome 2, Human Origins and Anthropology, human tissues, humans, incomplete lineage sorting, neural development, phylogenetic conflicts, phylogenetic incongruity, phylogenetic tree, phylogeny, speciation, transcription
Human chromosomal fusion has often been cited as strong evidence supporting human-ape common ancestry. It’s not. Source
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23Jan 2026 by Post

Be Prepared: Here Are Portable Neanderthal Toolkits

bear cave, Boy Scouts, Caverna Generosa, Denisovans, generosity, hierarchies, high altitudes, historical racism, human groups, Human Origins and Anthropology, hunter-gatheresr, intelligence, Italy, Journal of Quaternary Science, journeys, Lombard Prealps, motto, Neanderthals, paleontology, sensitivity, settlements, stereotypes, tools
Folks, that is impressive behavior. As David Coppedge says, let’s ditch the historical racism. Source
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