Science and Religion: A View from an Evolutionary Creationist

This is a blog detailing the creation/evolution/ID controversy and assorted palaeontological news. I will post news here with running commentary.

Friday, July 29, 2011

Archaeopteryx No Longer First Bird

›
Sorry, the title is a tad hyperbolic but it fits with the article. A re-evaluation of Archaeopteryx has led to its removal from the subcla...
2 comments:
Monday, July 25, 2011

New “Ape-Man” Exhibit at the Creation Museum

›
Christian News Today has an article on a new exhibit at the Creation Museum that is being touted as the “Ape-Man” exhibit. They write: “T...
1 comment:
Saturday, July 23, 2011

A Few Cartoons to Brighten Your Day...

›
2 comments:

Texas Board of Education Approves Supplememental Texts as Written

›
The Texas State Board of Education approved the supplemental material as written, rather than taking the supplements from other groups, one ...
Friday, July 22, 2011

Texas: Never A Dull Moment

›
The Boston Globe is reporting on a flare-up in Texas yesterday at the Texas State Board of Education. Jim Vertuno writes: The board’s new ...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

More Evidence of Neandertal/Early Modern Hybridization

›
Science Daily is reporting on yet more evidence that Neandertal DNA is found in the modern genome. They write: Dr. [Damian] Labuda and hi...
2 comments:
Sunday, July 17, 2011

Well, That Didn't Take Long...

›
Barbara Cargill, the new head of the Texas State Board of Education wasted no time in stating that she was concerned about the faiths of her...
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Discovery News Reports on “Neandertals’ Last Stand”

›
Disovery News reports on the excavation of the Mousterian site of Byzovaya, in Russia, in the Ural Mountains that has been dated to 33,000 y...
Friday, July 15, 2011

More From Josh Rosenau on the Miss USA Pageant

›
Josh Rosenau guest-writing for Scientific American has more thoughts on the Miss USA pageant and the evolution question. He has a different...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

›
Sorry for the light posting. I am trying to get my next BioLogos post, on early Homo , finished. More soon.
Thursday, July 07, 2011

Redating of Homo erectus Remains Validates Original Dates

›
The 20-meter terrace of the Solo River was excavated in the 1930s, yielding a nice cache of Homo erectus remains from the site of Ngandong a...
Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Young Earth Creationism in New Hampshire?

›
Usually, depictions of New England are of a progressive society that has cast off the bonds of provinciality and discrimination in favor of ...
3 comments:
Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Geocentrism Goes Catholic!

›
The Chicago Tribune is reporting on a small but growing group within Catholicism that has embraced “original church doctrine” that the eart...
7 comments:

New Post Up at CFSI

›
My post on the Historical Adam is up at CFSI, here at “Kidder's Korner.” It deals with the different interpretations of the Edenic pass...
1 comment:

›
Fixed!
Sunday, July 03, 2011

›
Template edit failed bigtime! I will work on another one.
Saturday, July 02, 2011

P.Z. Myers Takes Apart Ken Ham

›
One of Ken Ham's favorite questions is “Were you there?” and he reserves it for people who argue that the earth is billions of years old...
13 comments:
Friday, July 01, 2011

What Is Being Taught in Public Schools?

›
Digital Journal has an article about the struggle involved in teaching evolution in Dayton, Ohio. The story and accompanying video are qui...
3 comments:
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Yup, They Asked It

›
Youtube has a video of the Miss America 2011 contestants in which they are asked whether or not evolution should be taught in public school...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

William Dembski on Michele Bachmann

›
William Dembski has written a post for Uncommon Descent on the candidacy of Michele Bachman and what her take on science would be. He is t...
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
Jimpithecus
I am a Christian, librarian, palaeoanthropologist, and evolutionary biologist with an all-consuming interest in apologetics and controversies in science and religion.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.