27Sep 2021 by Post

For Dr. Casey Luskin, a New Online Home — And a New Book!

articles, Books, Casey Luskin, Center for Science & Culture, Discovery Institute, doctorate, Human Origins, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Joseph Holden, Nathan Jacobson, paleomagnetism, plate tectonics, Rice University, South Africa, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, University of Johannesburg, Videos, William Dembski
Chemist James Tour at Rice University calls the book a “heroic encyclopedic work.” Source
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17Sep 2021 by Post

Major “Ibero-American Intelligent Design Congress” Reaches the Spanish-Speaking World

Ana María Garzón Porras, Antonio Roman Martinez Fernandez, biology, Brazil, Central America, Costa Rica, Cristian Aguirre Del Pino, Evolution, evolutionary biology, Honduras, Human Origins, Intelligent Design, Juan Manuel Torres, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Marcos Eberlin, Quezia Salgado, Return of the God Hypothesis, Ricardo Bravo Méndez, Roberto Biaggi, São Paulo, Saulo Reis, Spanish, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars
I had fantastic translation assistance from a Summer Seminar alumnus and valued colleague, Quezia Salgado, and my talk went well. Source
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26Jul 2021 by Post

Did Religion Evolve, or Was It Designed, to Foster Cooperation?

Aboriginal Australians, Agricultural Revolution, Catholics, Crusades, dead ends, designer, Faith & Science, Fiction, group cohesion, hospital, Human Origins, Jesus, myths, religion, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, selfish genes, shared beliefs, strangers, unguided evolution, Yuval Noah Harari
Harari’s assurance about building group cohesion is simplistic and woefully insufficient to account for common characteristics of religion. Source
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12Jul 2021 by Post

The Casual Racism of Charles Darwin

Abraham Joshua Heschel, Abraham Lincoln, Adrian Desmond, Africa, Allison Hopper, anti-racism, Charles Darwin, Culture & Ethics, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Descent of Man, Edinburgh, Emma Darwin, Erasmus Darwin, Evolution, Great Emancipator, Harriet Martineau, Human Origins, James Moore, N-word, Racism, slavery, slaves, Victorian England
It is certainly startling to see the N-word cropping up in Darwin’s letters, but this is not the only place. Source
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10May 2021 by Post

Scientists Conclude: Human Origins Research Is a Big Mess

American Museum of Natural History, Australopithecus afarensis, bipedalism, brain case, chimps, Darwin critics, Darwinists, fossil record, Günter Bechly, hominins, homoplasy, human locomotion, Human Origins, humans, ID The Future, knuckle-walking, last common ancestor, Miocene apes, rewriting, Sahelanthropus, Science (journal), Sergio Almécija, tree-climbing
Considering the number of fossils attributed to the human lineage, an absence of such fossils for the great African ape lineages raises an obvious suspicion. Source
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31Mar 2021 by Post

Meyer, Keating: Why Was the Object of Creation So Long in Coming? And Other Good Questions

agnostics, Big Bang, Brian Keating, cosmological models, cosmology, Creation, Human Origins, humans, Intelligent Design, Judaism, Losing the Nobel Prize, Meaning, Messiah, physicists, Physics, Earth & Space, Podcast, purpose, rationality, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, U.C. San Diego, Young Earth Creationists
I listened in the car on my way to and from a funeral. Obviously, the end of life, like its beginning, is an occasion for pondering ultimate questions. Source
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26Feb 2021 by Post

Study: Hands of “Ardi” Indicate a Chimp-like Tree-Dweller and Knuckle-Walker

Ardi, Ardipithecus ramidus, bipedality, bonobos, chimpanzees, Evolution, Germany, hominins, human ancestor, Human Origins, Madelaine Böhme, primates, quadrupedality, Rosetta Stone, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Science Advances, The Scientist, Tim White, University of Tübingen
Initially, Ardi was widely called the “oldest human ancestor,” due to its supposed skeletal traits that indicated an early bipedal (upright walking) species. Source
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04Feb 2021 by Post

Academic Article Correcting Misconceptions about Evolution Promotes Misconceptions about ID

academic journals, BMC Springer Nature, Brazil, Charles Darwin, creationism, creationists, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Evolution, Evolution: Education and Outreach, Human Origins, Intelligent Design, Jonathan Wells, lobby groups, Paul Nelson, religious beliefs, scientists
It’s good to be back at Discovery Institute. Even after my fives years away, I see that some things remain unchanged. Source
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