Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Honoring F. Clark Howell

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UC Berkeley has put up a display honoring the work of F. Clark Howell, the "dean of African paleoanthropologists," who passed awa...
Monday, November 24, 2008

Increased Evolutionary Fitness by Throwing Stones?

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The Hindustan Times reports on a study out of Bryn Mawr that suggests that Neandertals were out competed by early modern humans because the...

Rev. Michael Dowd: On the Road for God...and Evolution?

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The Reverend Michael Dowd, who has a background as being a pastor for the United Church of Christ was interviewed in the Knoxville News Sen...
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Jewish Leaders: No ID in Texas!

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The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism has gotten in the game in Texas, arguing that ID should not be taught. Rabbi Ana Bonnheim ha...
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Sunday, November 23, 2008

Another Christian/Scientist Speaks Out

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TES Connect has a story on a theoretical astrophysicist by the name of David Wilkinson, who is also a Christian minister. He has this to s...
Saturday, November 22, 2008

"Evolution proponents descend on state education panel"

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Support for the faculty and biology teachers certainly does not seem be wanting: AUSTIN — Texas became the latest stage for the debate abou...

Americans United: Use Science Curriculum

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As could be expected, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State has weighed in on the Texas Science Standards. Barry Lynn al...
Friday, November 21, 2008

The New Texas Science Standards

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Capitol Annex has gotten a hold of the November Draft of the new Texas science standards. As Eugenie Scott noted in her interview, the new...

An Interview with Eugenie Scott

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Capitol Annex has an interview with Dr. Eugenie Scott, executive director of the NCSE about the new Texas science standards. She has this ...

ID in Australia

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There is now fear that the new science curriculum being proposed in Australia may ban the teaching of ID altogether. A report in the Age s...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Editorial: Board Should Listen to Scientists

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The Corpus Christi Caller has an article here on the debate. Their perspective: Members of the state Board of Education, as they prepare t...

Texas Responds to the Survey

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The Houston Chronicle has released a story on the survey (see post below) and how it has affected Texans in general.

Texas Survey Draws Fire From Discovery Institute

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The Discovery Institute has released a post in response to a survey that was done by the Texas Freedom Network Education Fund. The press re...
Monday, November 17, 2008

Cradle of Humankind in Danger?

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The South African Star has reported on a problem affecting the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, which includes the Sterkfontein hom...

As I was Saying...

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More information on the Gona discovery from the Case Western Reserve News Center: Making obstetrical measurements and comparing them to prio...

More on the Gona Woman

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A story from the Salt Lake Tribune sheds more light on the discovery of the Gona pelvis: A skull might say much about an ancient hominid...

Homo erectus: Bigger Babies Than We Thought?

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A story out of Indiana University is likely to overturn some cherished ideas in Palaeoanthropology. Sileshi Semaw of IU has excavated the ...
Friday, November 14, 2008

A Trip to the "The Anti-Museum"

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Charles Johnson over at Little Green Footballs has a link to a " highly entertaining account of a trip " to the Petersburg, Kentuc...
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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Quote of the Day

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From Denis Lamoureaux's essay Challenging and Reshaping Responses to Original Sin , written in response to George Murphy's paper: Wo...

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: "Repeal Louisiana Law."

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The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology has joined the chorus of voices asking that Louisiana legislature repeal the "academic freedom...